What is the Future of CRP in Split Bills

“CRP was extended until September of 2026, so currently it's in an uncertain state. After September of 2026, it's uncertain whether that will move forward, given that the farm bill is now kind of split up, I'm not sure if renegotiations will be able to occur regarding that. So what that means long term is that farmers that are currently enrolled or have contracts, those contracts should be honored. You have a contract with the government, so my understanding is they need to honor those payments for the remainder of your contract, but if your contract expires, I don't know if you'll be able to renew as a farmer or enroll new acres.”

Loduca says there are 800,000 acres that could come out of CRP on a rolling basis in the next few years.

“If CRP is not extended or reauthorized again, we're going to see, obviously, those payments disappear, and slowly, those acres are going to come out of those programs, and what the farmers do with those acres. Moving forward, we'll have to see a lot of times CRP acreage is on marginal land, land prone to flooding. So if farmers want to put those back into production, that will obviously have additional impacts, potentially on prices.”

In addition to environmental impacts, like the loss of nutrients.