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Please see URL below for the story....not good 
http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/story/1374563112rcgut4tyu18
http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/story/1374563112rcgut4tyu18
Bad news for CRP
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Good article KTU and thanks for posting.
For me there are no big surprises here. They want to get the acres CAP down to 25 million crp acres. We're at 26. The meager 1.7 mill signup on general just confirms the obvious which is the landowners ain't buying it anymore. Suspect most of 1.7 were re-enrollments based on increased rent. I think the last 2 general signups collected about 3-4 million acres each so off the mark quite a bit.
With no new farm bill the acre cap is at 32 million so in my mind that leaves 6 million which could be opened for CCRP signup. What? Probably no dollars for it though.
This issue can be an opportunity in that it confirms where the landowner will enroll it and where it is not competitive.
Great opportunity for CRP reform!!! Target more sensitive acres to get more bang for the buck for taxpayer dollars. I see all kinds of opportunities as I drive between states. It will take better landowner education and dangling and bigger carrot per acre.
I just read in Agweek that the dead zone in the gulf set a new record this year at 8,600 square miles. Last year it was 2,200 miles due to drought conditions in midwest.
What is the cost to nation of 8,600 squares miles of dead zone in gulf which comes from upper midwest farming runoff??
We'll see I guess.
For me there are no big surprises here. They want to get the acres CAP down to 25 million crp acres. We're at 26. The meager 1.7 mill signup on general just confirms the obvious which is the landowners ain't buying it anymore. Suspect most of 1.7 were re-enrollments based on increased rent. I think the last 2 general signups collected about 3-4 million acres each so off the mark quite a bit.
With no new farm bill the acre cap is at 32 million so in my mind that leaves 6 million which could be opened for CCRP signup. What? Probably no dollars for it though.
This issue can be an opportunity in that it confirms where the landowner will enroll it and where it is not competitive.
Great opportunity for CRP reform!!! Target more sensitive acres to get more bang for the buck for taxpayer dollars. I see all kinds of opportunities as I drive between states. It will take better landowner education and dangling and bigger carrot per acre.
I just read in Agweek that the dead zone in the gulf set a new record this year at 8,600 square miles. Last year it was 2,200 miles due to drought conditions in midwest.
What is the cost to nation of 8,600 squares miles of dead zone in gulf which comes from upper midwest farming runoff??
We'll see I guess.
With the water quality issues in Ohio inland lakes and lake erie, people (like me) are starting to tell the state its time to stop the voluntarty approach on fertlizer use and move onto the mandontory phase. Now i dont know much about the stuff but my friends girl has a master degree in environmental science and said they are using way to much fertilizer and said CRP should be required in certain places or no fertilizer application of those fields.