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Agricultural Producers and Private Landowners can enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program now thorugh August 8, 2025.

July 15, 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The sign-up runs from today, July 14, to Aug. 8, 2025. Grassland CRP, offered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), is a voluntary working lands conservation program that enables participants […]

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Trump Administration Announces Expedited Congressionally Mandated Disaster Assistance for Farmers

July 10, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP). To expedite the implementation of SDRP, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is delivering assistance in

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USDA EXTENDS CONSERVATION RESERVICE PROGRAM SIGNUP

February 8, 2021

Agricultural producers and private landowners interested in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) can sign up for the popular program beyond Feb. 12, 2021. The USDA will continue to accept offers as the incoming Administration evaluates the features of conservation programs. The competitive program, administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), provides annual rental payments for land devoted to conservation purposes. Through

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WHEAT HARVEST SHOWING LOWER YIELDS AND FALLING NUMBERS

August 27, 2020

Despite being slowed last week by rain, the main portion of this year’s wheat harvest is getting ready to wrap up in the Crookston area this week. The 2020 crop wasn’t the bounce-back year some were hoping for, according to Jochum Wiersma, a professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics for the University

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Last Day to Complete Enrollment in 2020 Agriculture Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage is June 30

June 12, 2020

Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for 2020 must do so by June 30. Although program elections for the 2020 crop year remain the same as elections made for 2019, all producers need to contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)

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