Daryl Thompson, a Walworth County, South Dakota, agricultural producer, enrolled approximately 120 acres in CRP along Swan Creek and is establishing a relative new practice: CP30, Marginal Pastureland Wetland Buffer. ...
Denny Zabel, a Selby, South Dakota farmer/rancher, has enrolled more than 60 acres on his Campbell County farm in CRP and has established a variety of practices. Practices include Permanent Introduced Grass and Legumes, Permanent Native Grass, Permanent Wildlife Habitat, Wetland Restoration, and Field Windbreaks. ...
Active farmer Steve Halverson manages several thousand acres in the White River bottom in Lyman County, South Dakota. The area may likely produce more birds per acre than anywhere else in the State. Steve constantly strives to find the balance for land use among crop rotations, hay, and CRP devoted to grass practices or woody habitat, with the latter helping to maximize bird production and...
"CRP has been our salvation due to high water and saturated crop fields" in the 1990's, said Moody County landowner, Shirley Harrington-Moore. "CRP is an excellent program for farmers who could not get a good crop on a regular basis to pay for land and taxes....
Bushong Farms is a fifth generation, 2000-acre farm in Hand County, South Dakota, owned and operated by a family whose ancestors homesteaded in the late 1800s. After five generations as a diverse livestock and cropping operation, Bushong Farms is now managed to maximize not only crop, but also wildlife, production. "We strongly believe that not only can conservation and wildlife management...
The Krull Ranch in Hughes County, South Dakota, is a showcase for the restoration of grasslands and prairie wetlands on private land. Recent restoration work has earned Keith Krull a national wetlands conservation award from Ducks Unlimited....
CRP has played an integral role in altering South Dakota's landscape, returning acres of cropped land to grassland and restored wetlands. Photos provided courtesy Bill Smith, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission illustrate the new landscape. With the grasslands and wetlands returned ducks and other wildlife in increasing numbers. As a result, the state has reaped not only reduced...
Each time a fisherman, boater, or swimmer sets out onto Oakwood Lake, their outing is more safe, enjoyable, and productive thanks to Brett and Frank Williamson. The Williamson brothers' farmland is located on a large peninsula that extends into the middle of the lake, one of eight that make up South Dakota's Oakwood Lakes State Park. The land also has several linear wetlands that drain...
Reid Tuohino is a full-time farmer and county commissioner in Hamlin County, South Dakota. His acreage was enrolled in CRP in 1997 under a 15-year contract. Mr. Tuohino "absolutely loves" CRP and wants to keep his acreage in the program. He also would like to enroll his mother's acreage in the near future. Mr. Tuohino has devoted 148 acres to the CRP wetland restoration practice...
