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Iowa CSP Sign-Up Begins April 18 in
Middle Iowa
DES
MOINES, IA - March 20, 2008—Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced a
sign-up for the Conservation Security Program (CSP) that will be available
starting on April 18 to approximately 64,000 potentially eligible farms and
ranches in 51 watersheds covering more than 23.7 million acres. The Middle Iowa
Watershed, which includes about 2,800 farms and more than 1 million acres is
included in the sign-up.
The Middle
Iowa watershed is located in Grundy, Story, Marshall, Tama, Benton, Linn,
Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, and Johnson Counties in East Central Iowa. More
information is available at www.ia.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/csp2008.html.
"As
President Bush has said, those who depend on the land to make a living are the
best stewards of the land," said Schafer. "Since the first sign-up in 2004, CSP
has offered payments for enhancing natural resources, rewarding those farmers
and ranchers who are model conservationists, and providing incentives for other
producers to achieve those same high standards of conservation in agriculture."
The CSP
sign-up is open from April 18 to May 16. The sign-up announcement and specific
program requirements are being published in the Federal Register.
Contact:
Tom O'Connor, CSP Manager, 515-323-2224
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