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  2. Conservation Reserve Program - Wikipedia

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    The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a cost-share and rental payment program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under the program, the government pays farmers to take certain agriculturally used croplands out of production and convert them to vegetative cover, such as cultivated or native bunchgrasses and grasslands, wildlife and pollinators food and shelter plantings ...

  3. Agricultural Act of 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The Acreage Reserve Program, for wheat, corn, rice, cotton, peanuts, and several types of tobacco, allowed producers to retire land on an annual basis in crop years 1956 through 1959 in return for payments. The Conservation Reserve Program allowed producers to retire cropland under contracts of 3, 5, or 10 years in return for annual payments.

  4. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program - Wikipedia

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    A sub-program of the Conservation Reserve Program, the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) is a state-federal multi-year land retirement United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program developed by states and targeted to specific state and nationally significant water quality, soil erosion, and wildlife habitat problems.

  5. USDA reopens signup for Continuous Conservation Reserve ... - AOL

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    Jan. 23—WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup. USDA's Farm Service Agency encourages ...

  6. Permanent conservation payments increase again - AOL

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    Mar. 21—Most lands in Mower see RIM increase of over $2,000 per acre Payments have increased significantly for Mower County landowners willing to convert cropland into permanent native prairie ...

  7. Conservation Security Program - Wikipedia

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    Participants in the CSP sign a Conservation Security Contract stating which of the three levels (also referred to as tiers) of conservation they will maintain on lands in production in return for annual payments. [4] Level I is a 5-year contract of up to $20,000 annually to address at least one conservation problem on a portion of a farm.

  8. Conservation reserve - Wikipedia

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    In the United States the Conservation Reserve Program offers annual payments for 10-15 year contracts to participants who establish grass, shrub and tree cover on environmentally sensitive lands. It was reauthorized in the 1996 Farm Bill and the 2002 Farm Bill .

  9. United States farm bill - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the farm bill was passed as the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The bill included approximately $100 billion in annual spending for Department of Agriculture programs, around 80 percent of which was allocated for food stamps and other nutritional programs. [17] [24] [25]