The Environmental Benefits Index is an index that has been used by the FSA Farm Service Agency of the USDA, since 1990 to rank farmers’ requests to enroll land into the Conservation Reserve Program during each general sign-up period. The only enrollment mechanisms that do not use the index are the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and continuous enrollment, for which a total of has been reserved. The index continues to be adjusted from general signup to general signup. For more information visit the  Program Fact Sheets page of the FSA site. References
The Environmental Benefits Index is an index that has been used by the FSA Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture since 1990 to rank farmers’ requests to enroll land into the Conservation Reserve Program during each general sign-up period. The only enrollment mechanisms that do not use the index are the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and continuous enrollment, for which a total of has been reserved. The index continues to be adjusted from general signup to general signup. References External links Program Fact Sheets 
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United States Department of Agriculture
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For more information visit the
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page of the FSA site.
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