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 Beginning
August 2, 2023, Adams; Alexander; Bond; Boone; Brown; Bureau;
Calhoun; Carroll; Cass; Champaign; Christian; Clark; Clinton;
Coles; Cook; Crawford; Cumberland; Dewitt; Dekalb;
Douglas; DuPage; Edgar; Effingham; Ford; Franklin; Fulton;
Greene; Grundy; Hancock; Hardin; Henderson; Henry; Iroquois;
Jackson; Jasper; Jefferson; Jersey; JoDaviess; Johnson; Kane;
Kankakee; Kendall; Knox; LaSalle; Lake; Lee; Livingston;
Logan; Macon; Madison; Marion; Marshall; Mason;
Massac; McDonough; McHenry; McLean; Menard; Mercer; Monroe;
Morgan; Moultrie; Ogle; Peoria; Perry; Piatt; Pike; Pope;
Pulaski; Putnam; Randolph; Rock Island; St. Clair; Sangamon;
Schuyler; Scott; Shelby; Stark; Stephenson; Tazewell; Union;
Vermilion; Warren; Washington; Whiteside; Will; Williamson;
Winnebago and Woodford counties will be eligible for emergency
haying and grazing. The emergency grazing period will begin on
August 2, 2023 and end on September 30, 2023. The emergency
haying authorization for these counties will begin on August 2,
2023 and end on September 30, 2023.
Counties become eligible for CRP emergency haying and grazing
when they reach the D2 (severe drought) level on the U.S.
Drought Monitor for at least one week and are outside of the
primary nesting season (April 15th through August 1st.)
Additionally, the 2018 farm bill authorized counties with a
documented 40-percent loss of forage production to be eligible
for emergency grazing and haying. Local FSA County Committees
can review forage loss data and make a recommendation to the
Illinois FSA State Committee to authorize emergency haying and
grazing outside the primary nesting season.
Eligible producers who are interested in emergency haying and
grazing CRP acres must request approval before haying and
grazing eligible acreage and must obtain a modified conservation
plan from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) that
includes haying and grazing provisions.
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All practices for emergency haying and grazing are
eligible except CP38 (SAFE) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement (CREP)
acres. There will be no CRP annual rental payment reduction for 2023
emergency haying and grazing authorizations.
To take advantage of the emergency haying or grazing
provisions, authorized producers can use the CRP acreage for their
own livestock or may grant another livestock producer use of the CRP
acreage. Participants are limited to one hay cutting and are
permitted to sell the hay.
In counties that are authorized for emergency haying and grazing,
producers are reminded that the same CRP acreage cannot be both
hayed and/or grazed at the same time. The eligible CRP acreage is
limited to acres located within the approved county.
For more information and to request approval for emergency haying
and grazing use of CRP acres, contact your local county FSA office.
[Illinois / USDA - FPAC
Farm Service Agency]
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