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Most Kansas counties now approved for CRP emergency haying, grazingKansas Bill R. Fuller, State Director of the Kansas Farm Service Agency announced Aug. 15 that emergency haying of Conservation Reserve Program acreage has been approved for all counties designated in a Presidential Disaster Declaration for flooding. Most counties were previously approved for emergency grazing. All counties in Kansas, except Leavenworth, Lyon and Wyandotte are now approved for emergency haying and grazing. Some counties were approved under drought conditions and all other counties were either primary or contiguous counties in a Presidential Disaster Declaration for flooding. Participants in counties approved for emergency haying must leave at least 50 percent of each field or contiguous fields unhayed for wildlife. Hay must be removed from the field within 30 days from end of the haying period. --Emergency haying in counties approved under drought conditions is allowed through Sept. 16. Those counties include Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton, Stanton, Seward and Stevens. Participants in these counties must accept a 10 percent reduction in the annual rental payment for the acres actually hayed. --All other counties are approved for emergency haying under a designation for flooding through Sept. 30. Participants in these counties must accept a 25 percent reduction in the annual rental payment for the acres actually hayed. Emergency grazing in approved counties is allowed through Sept. 30. Participants shall leave at least 25 percent of each field or contiguous CRP fields ungrazed for wildlife, or graze not more than 75 percent of the stocking rate. All livestock must be removed by the end of this grazing period. --Counties approved for grazing under drought conditions include Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens and Wallace. These participants must accept a 10 percent reduction in the annual rental payment for the acres actually grazed. --Participants in all other counties approved for emergency grazing must accept a 25 percent reduction in the annual rental payment for the acres actually grazed. Emergency haying or grazing is not allowed on the same acreage and not allowed on acreage used for Critical Feed Use or managed haying or grazing. Acreage eligible for emergency haying and grazing includes acreage devoted to conservation practices CP1, CP2, CP4B, CP4D, CP10, CP18B, and CP18C. CRP participants in approved counties shall contact the local FSA county office to request emergency haying or grazing on an individual contract basis prior to haying or grazing. Participants will work with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a forage management plan. If the CRP cover is destroyed, the practice must be re-established at their own expense to remain in compliance with the CRP contract. 8/25/08 Date: 8/19/08 Advertisement
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