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Farm Service Agency. Program Update. CRP General Signup. Secretary Vilsack announced General CRP Signup 45: May 20 – June 14 Current Enrollment – 891,692 acres Expiring CRP 09/30 – 95,911 acres SU 45 Offers – 45,838 acres Acceptable Offers – 39,908 acres. Continuous CRP Signup. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency
Program Update
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
CRP General Signup
Secretary Vilsack announced General CRP Signup 45:• May 20 – June 14• Current Enrollment – 891,692 acres• Expiring CRP 09/30 – 95,911 acres• SU 45 Offers – 45,838 acres• Acceptable Offers – 39,908 acres
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
Continuous CRP Signup
• Signup ended September 30, 2012 when 2008 Farm Bill expired.
• Farm Bill now extended until September 30, 2013
• Resumed Continuous CRP Signup on May 13, 2013
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
CRP Emergency Hay/Graze
Available on Practices CP1, CP2, CP4D, CP10, and CP38E SAFE when either occurs outside primary nesting season:
– 40 percent loss of moisture for 4 full months plus current month
– Designated as ‘D2 Drought - Severe’ on U. S. Drought Monitor
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
CRP Emergency Hay/Graze
Additional Authorizations – August 5, 2013• Reduced Payment Reduction from 25 to
10 percent of annual rental payment• Allowed sale of CRP hay if hay not
previously sold during last two years.• Expanded practices to CP8A, CP23,
CP23A, CP25, CP27 and CP28.
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
Emergency Forestry Restoration Program
Nonindustrial Private Forestland, not farmland
2011 – Requested in Burt, Dakota, Dixon, and Thurston Counties for over $12 million for mostly debris removal. Received $6.8 million on June 3, 2013.
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
Emergency Conservation Program2011 – Missouri River Flooding – Received over $15
million to rehabilitate cropland and pasture along the river.
2012 – Niobrara Fires – Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha Counties – Debris removal, fencing, grading/shaping, and seeding.
Pine Ridge Fires- Sioux, Dawes, Sheridan Counties
Boyd County Fires
Keith and Arthur Counties - Fire
Received $5.0 Million.
United States Department of AgricultureFarm Service Agency
Emergency Conservation Program
2013 – Drought – Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, and Harlan. • EC6 – Drought Emergency Measures –
Livestock Water