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Land Resources / News / California
Federal Conservation Program Enrolls 114,000 California Farm Acres
Source: IVN, by Chris Hinyub
July 21, 2011 
The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts for the 2012 fiscal year. Over 114,000 acres of marginal California farmland have been enrolled in the federal conservation program designed to increase wildlife habitat. Since the program's inception 25 years ago, California CRP conservation contracts have earned over $144 million for rural property owners and producers, FSA officials say. Landowners who voluntarily enroll in CRP receive annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to establish sustainable cover crops on eligible farmland.
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