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Vilsack announces another CRP signup
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has announced another general signup for the Conservation Reserve Program.
Vilsack made the announcement Friday during an appearance at Pheasant Fest 2011 in Omaha. He said the 30-day CRP signup will begin March 14th, running for 30 days. The goal is to bring an additional four-million acres into the program this fall, basically replacing the roughly four-million coming out of CRP this year.
Vilsack’s announcement comes as some sectors of agriculture—particularly livestock producers—are expressing concern over tightening feed grain stocks. However, Vilsack stressed that the CRP signup will not affect plantings in 2011.
“I don’t want markets to get confused here,” Vilsack said, “so it’s very important that people understand we’re talking about a signup now, but an impact that begins in October of this year.”
As for those supply concerns, Vilsack said “at this point, we’re not convinced that there’s going to be quite the problem that some folks think there may be.” Vilsack said he’s confident in the productivity of U.S. farmers to meet the needs of all users.
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