Ag Commissioner Asks for Early Grazing in CRP

| 7/23/2012

Drought is affecting southwestern North Dakota, and the state Agriculture Commissioner says the state needs to act. Commissioner Doug Goehring hopes federal authorities will allow early grazing of Conservation Reserve Program acres in two southwestern North Dakota counties.

Meeting by conference call Friday morning, the State Technical Committee requested the Farm Service Agency allow emergency grazing on CRP acres in the two counties during the primary nesting and brood rearing season, which ends August 1. The request has been forwarded to the FSA in Washington which will make the final determination.

Goehring said the list of North Dakota counties classified as having moderate drought and severe drought is growing, and it`s likely more counties will make similar requests for CRP exemptions in the near future.

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