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After peaking in 2007, land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program started to increase again in 2022

  • Conservation Programs
Combination bar and line chart showing the number of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, the number of acres expiring, and the set enrollment cap from 1986 to 2024.

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USDA, Economic Research Service researchers examined how landowners used land that had been offered to the Conservation Reserve Program but was rejected. They estimated that almost half of such acreage was put into row-crop production, a fourth went to grass, and the rest to mixed forage or were left fallow.

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