Norm M Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 CREP or Conservation Reserve Program- basically pays farmers to set aside farmland along waterways with natural cover to reduce siltation and chemical runoff thru natural means. farmer gets set amount of money for taking land out of production Fed US Farm Service Agency USDA Natural Resource Agency and IDNR involved $% million total in budget. it was closed out in 2007 account funding cutoff. 100,000 acres potentially availible would now expand to include Kaskaskia River Basin area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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