Bob Brandt of Unadilla, Nebraska, is an enthusiastic CRP participant and supported. To date, he has enrolled over 481 acres in 14 different CRP practices, and he is in the process of enrolling acres to establish yet another different practice....
CRP is a great value in the Richardson County area. The Rogge family believes that many of the acres now enrolled in CRP should never have been farmed in the first place. The land the Rogges have enrolled in CRP now looks much like the native grasslands they also own....
"CRP is without question the most important conservation program ever offered in this country. Its benefits to soil, water, and wildlife have returned benefits to the public that far exceed the cost of the landowner rental payments," said Peter Berthelsen, Howard County landowner, hunter, and Pheasants Forever representative. "Without CRP, I'd hate to see what kind of shape...
"Being able to improve my old CRP grass stands by disking and interseeding legumes (CRP mid-contract management) has been a big help," said Dale Clark, CRP landowner from Stanton County. "Before that, I didn't really have anything for habitat. I decided having pheasants around was worth having a few weeds again."...
"We have far more wildlife on our farm now that we've enrolled marginal farm ground into the CRP -- grassland songbirds, pheasants, quail, and deer to name just a few," says agricultural producer Shawn O'Connor....
"CRP is the best wildlife tool we've had for both game and non-game animals alike," said Kevin Pollard, agricultural producer in Gage County, Nebraska....
Jim Prusa has taken advantage of several facets offered by the CRP. He has devoted whole fields to CRP Permanent Introduced Grasses and Legumes. In strategic areas, he installed Riparian Buffers and Filter Strips using the CRP Continuous enrollment option. In still other areas, Jim enrolled acreage in the recently negotiated Nebraska CREP....
