USDA allowing 1-year early CRP opt-out

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Landowners in South Dakota who’re of their last enrolled yr within the Conservation Reserve Program can opt-out early. 

The U.S. Division of Agriculture mentioned producers and landowners can request voluntary termination of their CRP contract following the tip of the first nesting season for fiscal yr 2022. In South Dakota, the first nesting season is listed as Could 1 to August 1. 

Contributors won’t should repay rental funds for the one-time voluntary termination. 

The USDA mentioned the flexibleness is being carried out this yr to assist mitigate “the worldwide meals provide challenges attributable to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and different elements.”

The Farm Service Company is mailing letters to producers with expiring acres, however producers will likely be requested to make a written request for voluntary termination. 

South Dakota landowners enrolled greater than 400,00 acres into CRP in 2021 and the state sits at 1.7 million acres enrolled.

Producers and landowners can study extra about these choices by contacting FSA and NRCS at their native USDA Service Middle.