Press release
The Crawford County Farm Service Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Crawford Soil & Water Conservation District and the Crawford County Pheasants Forever Chapter are pleased to announce a Conservation Meeting and Dinner January 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM @ the Crawford County Conservation League located at 3477 State Route 98, Bucyrus. Dinner will be served at 5:45 pm and the meeting will be begin at 6:15 pm.
The meeting will feature an update of various conservation programs, introduction to the different grass covers available, overview of various Conservation programs available to Crawford County featuring the Lake Erie CRP program which is seeing potential annual rental payments averaging $225 an acre on top of cost share to establish the grass cover.
RSVP by January 19 by calling FSA at 419-562-8936, ext. 2.
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, CRP is the largest private-lands conservation program in the United States. Thanks to voluntary participation by farmers and landowners, CRP has improved water quality, reduced soil erosion, and increased habitat for endangered and threatened species.
FSA would like to honor and thank our nation’s farmers, landowners, conservation partners and organizations that have supported CRP since its beginning and invite you to visit our commemorative website at: www.fsa.usda.gov/CRPis30. FSA posted 30 success stories about CRP throughout the US and took a cross-country tour to see the nationwide impact of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). If you’re among the social media users, then tweet to your friends with the hash tag #CRPis30 and direct them to the site.
Join us in thanking the thousands of farmers and landowners who voluntarily choose to participate in CRP. And join us in celebrating the success of a program that is surpassing all expectations.