A professor emeritus at the Ohio State University says the Conservation Reserve Program is likely due for an update.

“If a program isn’t brought to the contemporary discussion, it tends to grow old.”

Carl Zulauf says CRP has evolved and now, grassland and continuous CRP programs are being used as much as the general CRP.

He tells Brownfield one change could include merging the continuous and general CRP into one site-specific program, using GPS for more targeted conservation efforts.

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