FSA Reminders

Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants that maintenance and management activities on CRP acres must be completed outside of the primary nesting season (beginning May 15).

Failure to contact the county FSA office prior to any maintenance on CRP acres during nesting season may result in payment reductions or possible contract termination.

Also, CRP participants are contractually required to maintain the approved cover on the fields that are accepted into the program. Cover maintenance includes keeping weeds, insects, rodents and encroaching woody vegetation out of the fields. Additionally nothing can be built or permanently stored on these fields during the contract lifespan, including deer stands and woodpiles.

For more information visit http://www.fsa.usda.gov.