Changes coming to CSP

Residue left in a field of winter wheat.

From Agri-Pulse

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is in the process of fine tuning the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) promising to make it more transparent, simpler to understand and easier to apply for. The interim final changes updating the program in line with the 2014 Farm Bill are in place, but the agency intends to look at ways to further streamline and improve CSP as well. Comments on the agency’s proposed changes announced Nov. 5, 2014, were due Jan. 20, 2015, and the final rule should be forthcoming shortly. Read the rest of the story here.