Mine got signed up by the previous owner- $72 an acre . He had no clue what he was going when he signed up stuff and really made a mess of my piece. Tempted to buy it out so I can enroll it differently but really not cost efficient.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Is it possible (@ $72acre) that he enrolled pasture ? Riparian buffer plan ?
That seems awfully low for crop ground !
So I was told the farmer never recorded the acres- so no history- but the farmer recorded his acres (the amounts of acres never matched apparently)
Duckriver
Active Member
For the past 20 years The national crp acreage cap trends down during a republican administration typically. During a democratic administration the cap slightly goes up and typically higher rental rates and Incentive payments above and beyond.
The kicker has been that the minimum ebi score to get into general crp has been reduced by over 25% in recent years. Many states have had 99% re-enrollment due to the lower minimum ebi score. So in another words...almost everything that is offered is accepted. If you can sign up then almost everything has been accepted nationally. Sure a few offers don't qualify, but it is very rare. That needs to change.
The minimum score needs to go back up. That would leave highly productive and minimally erosive soils would be less likely to be enrolled, while allowing the highest erosive soils to be enrolled. Another change that needs to happen is soil rental should not be based on productivity ,but soil loss. That would reduce incentive to enroll high quality soils. This would help young farmers and meet objectives.
The kicker has been that the minimum ebi score to get into general crp has been reduced by over 25% in recent years. Many states have had 99% re-enrollment due to the lower minimum ebi score. So in another words...almost everything that is offered is accepted. If you can sign up then almost everything has been accepted nationally. Sure a few offers don't qualify, but it is very rare. That needs to change.
The minimum score needs to go back up. That would leave highly productive and minimally erosive soils would be less likely to be enrolled, while allowing the highest erosive soils to be enrolled. Another change that needs to happen is soil rental should not be based on productivity ,but soil loss. That would reduce incentive to enroll high quality soils. This would help young farmers and meet objectives.
The problem is once acres are converted to income producing acres they will never go back to idle. Land today simply costs to much. Acres that get cleaned up and farmed long enough then go to CRP will most likely go back into production of some kind unless crop insurance is also completely changed.
Muddyrem
Active Member
BINGO was his name oooooooo
Windwalker
Life Member
Crop prices are low enough with high input prices. High cash rent is nuts. Do away with CRP crop prices would drop farm economy would do the 1970 thing all over again.