The Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is part of the CRP program, a federally funded voluntary program that contracts with agricultural producers so that environmentally sensitive agricultural land is not farmed or ranched, but instead used for conservation benefits. FSA provides participants with rental payments and cost-share assistance. Contract duration is 10 or 15 years. Grassland CRP helps landowners and operators protect grassland, including rangeland, and pastureland, and certain other lands, while maintaining the areas as grazing lands.
Grassland CRP is a working lands program, helping landowners and operators protect grassland, including rangeland and pastureland and certain other lands, while maintaining the areas as working grazing lands. Protecting grasslands contributes positively to the economy of many regions, provides biodiversity of plant and animal populations and provides important carbon sequestration benefits. Grassland CRP is reauthorized by the 2018 Farm Bill.
Landowners and producers interested in CRP should contact their local USDA Service Center to learn more or to apply for the programe.
Contact Grassland Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
14th and Independence Ave., SW.
Washington, DC 20250
Service Area
National Program
