As the Ukraine-Russia conflict continues to draw into question the amount of world grain supplies, USDA took another step May 26 to improve production capacity in the United States with the announcement that Conservation Reserve Program participants who are in their final year of the CRP contract can get into fields after the nesting season ahead of the official October 1 expiration date.
Zach Ducheneaux, administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency, explains the decision was born out of work across the department to help…
