Dakota's CRP Disaster 2012

[safari]

Results are out and once again not pretty for the Dakota's:

State 2012 Expiring Acres 2012 Accepted Acres

SD 225,000 55,000

ND 840,000 190,000

Nuff said??

[birdshooter]

WOW ! NoDak is really taking a hit.

[hunter94]

looks like it's either drilling for oil or clearing for row crops in ND.......sad, huge reversal from CRP glory days.

[UGUIDE]

CRP needs a rebirth anyways. IMO the general is obsolete. Better management needs to happen thru the CCRP programs.

Since the Generals are way down on offers that will open the door for more acres via CCRP like SAFE, CP-37 and FWP.

IMO 2 big issues facing CRP are the design of more targeted CCRP programs and the Sale, Education and Marketing of the CCRP programs to target resource concerns of the taxpayers.

Weather thumped the state of pheasants last year but I predict we will see the pheasants rebound and show a positive increase on the GFP reports come August.

[jpallen]

Around Pierre I'm more worried about all the pasture ground being tore up than CRP. An amazing amount of grass has been converted to crops in a 60 mile radius of Pierre in the last 3 years most is not CRP acres.

[UGUIDE]

Originally Posted by jpallen

Around Pierre I'm more worried about all the pasture ground being tore up than CRP. An amazing amount of grass has been converted to crops in a 60 mile radius of Pierre in the last 3 years most is not CRP acres.

Indeed a separate and disturbing trend driven by grain prices. You could also lump in the increase in corn and bean acres while acres are diminishing in winter/spring wheat as well as other small grains. Native prairie grass conversion is another cover type that is diminishing.

[moellermd]

Originally Posted by UGUIDE

CRP needs a rebirth anyways. IMO the general is obsolete. Better management needs to happen thru the CCRP programs.

Since the Generals are way down on offers that will open the door for more acres via CCRP like SAFE, CP-37 and FWP.

IMO 2 big issues facing CRP are the design of more targeted CCRP programs and the Sale, Education and Marketing of the CCRP programs to target resource concerns of the taxpayers.

Weather thumped the state of pheasants last year but I predict we will see the pheasants rebound and show a positive increase on the GFP reports come August.

I would agree with that assesment