USDA raises CRP acreage limit by 4M

Castro County farmers could benefit from decisions made by the USDA to increase acreage limits. The U.S. government is raising the number of acres eligible to be enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and will pay farmers more to set aside that land. On Wednesday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the goal is to enroll up to 4 million new acres in CRP by ...