2017 CRP Spring Managed Grazing Period: March 16-May 14

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) 2017 Spring Managed Grazing Period is March 16 to May 14, 2017. Livestock must be removed when the calculated AUMs have been utilized but no later than May 14th. Summer/Fall Managed Harvesting Period begins July 16 following Montana's Primary Nesting Season and ends no later than Sept. 30. Summer/Fall Grazing Period begins July 16 and ends when the calculated AUMs have been utilized or no later than Sept. 13. Producers are reminded to sign up at their local FSA office and complete a CRP-117 form for FSA office approval before conducting any managed harvesting and/or grazing activity.

The Phillips County Farm Service Agency would like to remind all producers to stop by the office and pick up their spring certification maps. The spring crop certification deadline is July 15, 2017. Please bring in your completed maps and return your signed FSA-578 commodity report to the office before July 15, 2017. Acreage reports must be filed for all spring seeded crops. If you do not report by the deadline, late-file fees will be assessed and physical evidence of the crop must exist and be verified by a field visit before your report may be accepted.