USDA Releases CRP Land in Flood Regions for Grazing Permission Is
Granted in Presidential Disaster Counties for Grazing Only
WASHINGTON, July 7, 2008 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Ed
Schafer announced today that he is releasing Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) acres for livestock grazing in counties recently
designated as Presidential Disaster Areas because of flooding. The
release permits grazing only in counties designated as primary and
contiguous disaster areas and only because of flooding.
"We have a crisis situation in the Midwest and other parts of the
country that calls for drastic action," said Schafer. "Major flooding
along the Mississippi River and its tributaries came at one of the worst
times for agriculture. Flood waters inundated thousands of acres that
cannot be salvaged for production this growing season, and it happened
at a time of record crop, food and fuel prices. Our CRP land is vital to
the balance we promote at USDA between production and preservation. I
commit this resource knowing that we must redouble our conservation
effort at every future opportunity," said Schafer.
To be approved, CRP 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 CRP rental payments.
The states with counties that will permit livestock grazing include
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The counties within each state
are:
States and Counties Allowed to Graze CRP Acres
Colorado
Phillips, Yuma
Illinois
Adams, Boone, Brown, Calhoun, Carroll, Champaign, Coles, Cook, Clark,
Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, De Kalb, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham,
Gallatin, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jasper, Jersey, Jo Daviess,
Knox, Lake, Lawrence, Madison, McDonough, McHenry, Mercer, Morgan,
Moultrie, Ogle, Pike, Platt, Richland, Rock Island, Schuyler, Scott,
Shelby, Stephenson, Vermillion, Wabash, Warren, White, Whiteside,
Winnebago
Indiana
Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll,
Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware,
Dubois, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain, Franklin, Gibson, Grant, Greene,
Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Huntington,
Jackson, Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Madison,
Marion, Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Owen,
Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby,
Sullivan, Switzerland, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh,
Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash, Warren, Warrick, Washington, Wayne, Wells,
White, Whitley
Iowa
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,
Wright
Kansas:
Brown, Decatur, Doniphan, Jewell, Marshall, Nemaha, Norton, Phillips,
Rawlins, Republic, Smith, Washington
Kentucky
Boone, Gallatin, Carroll, Henderson, Trimble, Union
Maryland
Washington
Minnesota
Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Martin, Mower, Nobles,
Olmstead, Rock, Steele, Waseca, Winona
Missouri
Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Buchanan, Clark, De Kalb, Franklin, Gentry,
Harrison, Holt, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, Monroe,
Montgomery, Nodaway, Pike, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, St.
Charles, St. Louis, Warren, Worth
Nebraska
Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt,
Butler, Cass, Chase, Cherry, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota,
Dawson, Dodge, Douglas, Dixon, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier,
Furnas, Gage, Garfield, Gosper, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes,
Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith,
Keya Paha, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson,
Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce,
Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders,
Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington,
Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York
Ohio
Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Meigs, Mercer, Monroe, Preble, Van Wert,
Washington,
Pennsylvania
Greene
South Dakota
Charles Mix, Gregory, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Todd, Tripp
Virginia
Clark, Frederick, Loudoun
West Virginia
Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer,
Grant, Greenbrier, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Marion,
Marshall, Mason, Nicholas, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam,
Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster,
Wetzel, Wirt, Wood
Wisconsin
Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Fond Du Lac,
Green, Green Lake, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha,
Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marquette, Milwaukee, Monroe,
Outagamie, Ozaukee, Portage, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan,
Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara,
Winnebago, Wood
Under CRP, farmers and ranchers enroll eligible land in 10- to 15-year
contracts with USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). FSA
administers CRP on behalf of CCC. Participants plant appropriate cover
such as grasses and trees in crop fields and along streams. These
plantings help prevent soil and nutrients from running into regional
waterways and affecting water quality. The long-term vegetative cover
also improves wildlife habitat and soil quality.
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