While I have had some experience with EQUIP I have not with CRP.
Equip experience was in two different states; One went super smooth and easy with a "surprised everyone with hunting dirt doesnt do this"....the other was not the same. The biologist and program admin were super busy or lazy and everything took forever. It involved invasive removal and they payment was garbage- maybe 30% of the actual cost and slow to get those funds. I am done with them as the money they provided wasnt worth the time and headache.
SO hypothetically speaking a guy gets a new property but in a unique area; the central KS prairie. 100ac, 50 ag and 50 (native and brome) grasses and shrubs, seasonal creek bottom drainage. Its just been farmed ag and hayed grasses for years but is a stand alone in cattle country other than a large sanctuary property that touches it. Not sure if this is a keeper kind of farm or not, but the goal is to make it a great deer property for a keep or a flip(if it isnt special). Blue collar guy, not made of money but wants to avoid being hamstrung. Current ag is sorghum for $50ac rent.
Upon purchase CRP is presented for sign up the following year. Get this great list of practices including CP5a windbreaks (?road screening), CP9 waterways for wildlife, CP42, food plots, etc.
For those with experience; Is CRP worth enrolling in? Have noticed many properties selling with years remaining on a contract and it appears to be a detractor (and not pay much). Are there certain programs that are great, or ones to avoid?
Your help and thoughts are appreciated.
Equip experience was in two different states; One went super smooth and easy with a "surprised everyone with hunting dirt doesnt do this"....the other was not the same. The biologist and program admin were super busy or lazy and everything took forever. It involved invasive removal and they payment was garbage- maybe 30% of the actual cost and slow to get those funds. I am done with them as the money they provided wasnt worth the time and headache.
SO hypothetically speaking a guy gets a new property but in a unique area; the central KS prairie. 100ac, 50 ag and 50 (native and brome) grasses and shrubs, seasonal creek bottom drainage. Its just been farmed ag and hayed grasses for years but is a stand alone in cattle country other than a large sanctuary property that touches it. Not sure if this is a keeper kind of farm or not, but the goal is to make it a great deer property for a keep or a flip(if it isnt special). Blue collar guy, not made of money but wants to avoid being hamstrung. Current ag is sorghum for $50ac rent.
Upon purchase CRP is presented for sign up the following year. Get this great list of practices including CP5a windbreaks (?road screening), CP9 waterways for wildlife, CP42, food plots, etc.
For those with experience; Is CRP worth enrolling in? Have noticed many properties selling with years remaining on a contract and it appears to be a detractor (and not pay much). Are there certain programs that are great, or ones to avoid?
Your help and thoughts are appreciated.
