Farmers have about one week to sign up for the general Conservation Reserve Program.
USDA Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce says the February 28th deadline was set so farmers can make decisions ahead of the planting season.
“So farmers and ranchers can use best management practices on that ground in preparation for CRP,” he says.
Fordyce says a separate CRP grasslands sign-up will follow general sign-up from March to May.
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