Collection: CRP Seed Mixes

We are here to help you succeed with your Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) planting.  We help you from design to installation, to maintenance.  We are your partner to make it simple, as inexpensive as possible, and as successful as possible. If you would like to talk please explore our ecological restoration consulting services

Where can you buy CRP seed mixes?  Natural Communities sells CRP seed mixes for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.  Plus we offer lifetime customer support to help you achieve your goals.

From the USDA:

CRP is a land conservation program administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). In exchange for a yearly rental payment, farmers enrolled in the program agree to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and plant species that will improve environmental health and quality. Contracts for land enrolled in CRP are from 10 to15 years in length. The long-term goal of the program is to re-establish valuable land cover to help improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and reduce loss of wildlife habitat.

Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, CRP is one of the largest private-lands conservation program in the United States. Thanks to voluntary participation by farmers and landowners, CRP has improved water quality, reduced soil erosion, and increased habitat for endangered and threatened species.

CRP and Climate Mitigation

Through the CRP Climate Change Mitigation Assessment Initiative, FSA will further quantify program benefits to better target CRP toward climate outcomes and improve existing models and conservation planning tools.

In October 2021, USDA awarded a total of $10 million to three partners that will monitor and measure how key CRP practices impact soil carbon. These practices include perennial grasses, tree plantings and wetlands

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