The USDA is increasing incentive payments for practices installed on Continuous Conservation Reserve Program acres. The USDA’s Farm Service Agency is raising incentive payments for installing practices from 5 percent to 20 percent. Producers also get a 10 percent added payment for water quality practices on continuous CRP land.
“We offer a number of CRP initiatives, including continuous CRP, which greatly benefits natural resources like water,” said FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce, quoted in an agency news release.