Grassley: CRP Land Released for Grazing
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GRASSLEY: CRP LAND RELEASED FOR GRAZING
Senator Chuck Grassley today made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Conservation Reserve Program acres for grazing in Presidential Declared Disaster counties because of flooding. Grassley wrote to Secretary Ed Schafer last month asking for the early release.
According to the Department of Agriculture, to be approved, participants must write their county FSA office, obtain a modified conservation plan and receive county office approval before beginning to graze. Participants will experience a 25 percent reduction in their Conservation Reserve Program rental payments.
This designation would include the Iowa counties of Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Clarke, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Monies, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, O'Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Worth and Wright.
Here is Grassley's comment.
"I appreciate the Secretary's action today. Iowans are having tough luck right now and this will be of great help to farmers. Pasture lands in Iowa are badly damaged due to the floods. These are difficult decisions that must be made to ensure we have a balance between conservation and production. Farmers showcase a number of effective conservation measures as part of their commitment to land stewardship and management and they will do everything they can to ensure that sensitive lands are dealt with the utmost of care."
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