Converting CRP Contract Land to an Active Grazing System on Your Farm - Evaluating Resources and Setting Goals

December 2009

Iowa State University Extension CRP-9

Tips for setting management goals before converting CRP land to active grazing. This publication is part of a series, “Conservation Reserve Program: Issues and Options series,” designed to help CRP contract holders assess the land-use options available to them when the contracts expire. The series began as a project of the Leopold Center based on research research supported by the Center.

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This page was found at http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs-and-papers/2009-12-converting-crp-contract-land-active-grazing-system-your-farm-evaluating-reso on 01/21/2013