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Promoting Wildlife Conservation Through CRP

Wildlife and their habitats play an important part in the agriculture ecosystem. Pollinators like bees and butterflies help nurture and spread plant life, affecting 35% of the world’s food crop. Additionally, pollinator habitat provides beneficial cover to soil, preventing erosion and protecting against water run-off. Other wildlife, such as ducks and pheasants, share a similar

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What You Should Do with Underperforming Farmland

Farming naturally takes a toll on your land. Crops leave topsoil exposed to wind and rain, causing erosion and runoff. Tillage further erodes the soil. Growing the same crop year over year depletes the soil’s nutrients, removes vital organic matter and leaves it less fertile and more fragile.  To compensate, additional fertilizer is used, increasing the presence

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The Evolution of the Conservation Reserve Program

With the government shutdown behind us (hopefully for good) and the 2018 farm bill finally taking effect, we hope to see new enrollment in CRP for 2019 very soon. We think that makes this the perfect time to look back on a little history of CRP and how it has changed in recent years.  CRP has been around

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Establishing Native Grasses and Forbs for CRP – Part 1: Seed Quality and Purchasing

Native grasses serve an important role in our environment, providing habitats for local wildlife while protecting soil and water.  That’s why the Conservation Reserve Program offers compensation to landowners willing to establish and maintain fields of native grasses and forbs This is done through a number of conservation practices (CP) including CP2, CP4D, CP21, CP23,

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Turning Farmland into Pollinator Habitat Through CRP

Pollinators such as bees, butterflies, birds, and even bats serve an important function in our environment. Without the pollen they spread, many plants we use would be unable to seed and reproduce. In fact, over half of the US’s primary crops rely on pollination, which means bee-pollinated commodities bring in $20 billion worth of agricultural production in the

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