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New applicants were less likely than returning applicants to enter CRP through Continuous Signup in the 3 years following rejection from the 2016 General Signup

  • Conservation Programs
Stacked bar chart breaking down how three groups used land rejected from the CRP 2016 General Signup: Applicants with no prior CRP enrolled acreage, applicants with acreage expiring from CRP before 2016, and applicants with acreage expiring in 2016.

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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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