What is the Conservation Reserve Program?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting offers for specific conservation practices under the Conservation Reserve Program Continuous Signup.

​The USDA Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) CRP is a voluntary program that contracts with agricultural producers so that environmentally sensitive agricultural land is devoted to conservation benefits. CRP participants establish long-term, resource-conserving vegetative species, such as approved grasses or trees (known as “covers”), to control soil erosion, improve the water quality and enhance wildlife habitat. In return, FSA provides participants with annual rental payments and cost-share assistance. Continuous signup enrollment contracts are 10 to 15 years in duration. (Information from USDA Dec 2019 Fact Sheet)

What kind of CRP maintenance can Big Enough, LLC provide?

• Land Clearing
• Dozer Work
• GPS Field Tilling
• Terracing
• CRP Seeding
• Initial Mow
• General CRP Maintenance and Mid Contract Maintenance
• Transitioning out of CRP in agricultural production preparation 

What conservation practices are eligible for CRP?

• Grass Waterway
• Shallow Water Area for Wildlife
• Contour Grass Strip
• Filter Strip
• Riparian Buffer
• Denitrifying Bioreactor on Filter Strip and Riparian Buffer
• Saturated Filter Strip and Riparian Buffer
• Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
• Wetland & Buffer SAFE Practices
• Wetland Restoration on Floodplain and Non-floodplain
• Prairie Strips
• Windbreaks, Shelterbelts and Living Snow Fences
• Marginal Pastureland Wetland Buffer and Wildlife Habitat Buffers
• Long Leaf Pine Establishment
• Duck Nesting Habitat
• Pollinator Habitat
• Bottomland Timber Establishment on Wetlands
• Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP) Constructed Wetland
• FWP Aquaculture Wetland Restoration
• FWP Flooded Prairie Wetland
• Farmable Wetlands and Farmable Wetland Buffer
• Wellhead Protection Area Practices