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USDA to Open General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced several Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for both the General and Continuous CRP beginning today through June 6, 2025.   CRP, USDA’s flagship conservation program, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. For four decades, […]

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USDA Expediting $10 Billion in Direct Economic Assistance to AgriculturalProducers

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, on National Agriculture Day, announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing up to $10 billion directly to agricultural producers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) for the 2024 crop year. Administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), ECAP will help agricultural producers mitigate the impacts

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MINNESOTA FARMERS CAN NOW MAKE 2023 CROP YEAR ELECTIONS

Agricultural producers can now change election and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2023 crop year, two key safety net programs offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Signups began on Monday, October 17, and producers have until March 15, 2023, to enroll in these two programs. Additionally,

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MINNESOTA COUNTY CROPLAND RENTAL RATES AVAILABLE

Average, Median, Ten Percent Lowest Average Rents and Ten Percent Highest Average Rents are listed by county in the recently released publication titled “Cropland Rental Rates for Minnesota Counties”.  The rental rates come from rents paid by farmers who participate in Adult Farm Management programs across Minnesota. This publication provides a historical perspective on rental

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USDA’S NEW CRP PILOT PROGRAM OFFERS LONGER-TERM CONSERVATION BENEFITS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will open signup this summer for CLEAR30, a new pilot program that offers farmers and landowners an opportunity to enroll in a 30-year Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract. This pilot is available to farmers and landowners with expiring water-quality practice CRP contracts in the Great Lakes

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MINNESOTA FSA OFFICES OPEN BY PHONE APPOINTMENTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) county offices are open in Minnesota by phone appointment only until further notice, and FSA staff are available to continue helping agricultural producers with program signups, loan servicing and other important actions. Additionally, FSA is relaxing the loan-making process and adding flexibilities for servicing direct and guaranteed loans to provide

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