USDA announced a two-month extension for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres.  This is to free up forage and feed for producers suffering from the drought.

P. Scott Shearer, Vice President

September 4, 2012

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USDA Extends Emergency Grazing Assistance

USDA announced a two-month extension for emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres.  This is to free up forage and feed for producers suffering from the drought.  USDA is permitting farmers and ranchers in drought-stricken states, who have been approved for emergency grazing, to extend grazing on CRP land through Nov. 30, 2012, without incurring an additional CRP rental payment reduction. The period allowed for emergency grazing normally lasts through Sept. 30. The extension applies to general CRP practices.  Producers must submit a request to their Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office indicating the acreage to be grazed.

About the Author(s)

P. Scott Shearer

Vice President, Bockorny Group, Inc.

Scott Shearer is vice president of the Bockorny Group Inc., a leading bipartisan government affairs consulting firm in Washington, D.C. With more than 30 years experience in government and corporate relations in state and national arenas, he is recognized as a leader in agricultural trade issues, having served as co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for U.S.-China Trade and co-chairman of the Agricultural Coalition for Trade Promotion Authority. Scott was instrumental in the passage of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations and TPA. He is past chairman of the USDA-USTR Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products and was a member of the USAID Food Security Advisory Committee. Prior to joining the Bockorny Group, Scott served as director of national relations for Farmland Industries Inc., as well as USDA’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs (1993-96), serving as liaison for the Secretary of Agriculture and the USDA to Congress.

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