Conservation Reserve Program Signup 49 deadline is Feb. 26

Press release

BOZEMAN — Bruce Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency state executive director, has reminded Montana farmers and ranchers that the deadline for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program Signup 49 General sign-up is Feb. 26.

To be eligible for CRP, land must meet cropping history requirements of being planted or considered planted four out of six years from 2008-2013 and meet one of the following: 

1) have a weighted average Erodibility Index for the three predominant soils of eight or greater;

2) be enrolled in CRP that is scheduled to expire Sept. 30; or,

3) the of...