# Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

> Cost-share from USDA Farm Service Agency with state partners (Federal) for United States.

Official page: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/conservation-reserve-enhancement-program-crep
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**What you get:** Annual rental payments, up to 50% cost share and extra state incentives for planting trees and buffers in designated CREP project areas

CREP is a state-partnered offshoot of CRP. States, tribes and nonprofits sign agreements with FSA to target a specific problem (usually water quality) in a defined area, and landowners there get CRP rental payments plus added incentives for practices such as planting trees, native grasses and streamside buffers. Contracts run 10 to 15 years.

## Who qualifies

Farmers and landowners with eligible land inside a designated CREP project area who can implement and maintain the practices. Project areas and rules vary by state agreement.

## How to apply

Contact your local FSA office to ask whether your land is in a CREP project area and to submit an offer. Enrollment periods vary by project.

**When:** Varies by state CREP agreement; many accept offers continuously

**For:** Landowners, Farmers