date:May 26, 2012
es through continuous sign-up initiativesincluding those announced earlier this year for highly-erodible land, as well as grasslands and wetlands. The two continuous sign-ups announced earlier this year will target an additional 1.75 million acres in total.
In the first continuous sign-up program, USDA encourages landowners with land that has an Erosion Index (EI) of 20 or greater to consider participating in the Highly Erodible Land initiative. In many cases,according to the agency,the most co