CRP Deadline & Reading the Fine Print

CRP Deadline & Reading the Fine Print

CRP Deadline & Reading the Fine Print plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.

April 6th is the last day ag producers and landowners can enroll in this current Conservation Reserve Program general signup. Farm Service Administrator Bruce Nelson explains eligibility requirements.

NELSON: We’ve got about 6.5 million acres of CRP contracts expiring this September 30th. That’s over 68-thousand contracts across the country and all of that land is eligible to go back into CRP as is all land with an erodibility index over 8 and land that’s in conservation priority areas whether they’re state or national.

The group HumaneWatch is asking New Yorkers to “read the fine print” with the unveiling of two new billboards in Times Square. The billboards call attention to the fundraising tactics of The Humane Society of the United States. Polls have shown a majority of Americans believe HSUS is a pet shelter umbrella group. A large percentage also believes HSUS gives most of its money to local pet shelters. HumaneWatch has been drawing attention to the fact that HSUS actually gives just one-percent of the money raised from the public to local pet shelters. If you want your dollars to aid cats and dogs in their community, give directly to local pet shelters.

Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.

What do chimney sweeps think about on the job? Not what you’d think apparently, at least one in New South Wales thinks about creating compression suits for horses. After you stop laughing I’ll tell you the rest of the story. People have been taking advantage of the benefits of compression garments since they first became available in the medical field more than sixty years ago. Now, compression clothing can be found at any sporting goods store. But still, for horses? Reportedly, horses that have experienced injuries or stressful air travel vibration wear the suits to help their muscles recover. The Australian company making the high tech bodysuits for horses tout that the horses love having the suits on. Other than the “horse whisperer”, who can argue with them on that point. Seeing a horse in a hot pink, chartreuse, or electric blue compression suit is definitely a vision that will stay with you. I have witnessed first hand the difficulty of getting in and out of compression gear or wet suits, which can be very similar, and one question keeps haunting me. How many people does it take to get a 1,000 to 1,500 pound race horse into their compression suit?

Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.
 

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