{"id":25564,"date":"2021-07-22T12:38:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=25564"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:43:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:43:22","slug":"department-offers-maryland-farmers-one-time-bonus-for-approved-clear30-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/07\/22\/department-offers-maryland-farmers-one-time-bonus-for-approved-clear30-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Offers Maryland Farmers One-Time Bonus for Approved CLEAR30 Enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

$1,000\/Acre Incentive for Participating in Long-Term Conservation Program<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/b>\u2013 Maryland farmers who are enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) with contracts due to expire on Sept. 30, 2021, now have the opportunity to transition to a 30-year contract option through the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) Clean Lakes, Estuaries, And Rivers initiative (CLEAR30). To encourage participation, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is offering a one-time bonus payment of $1,000\/acre as an incentive for CLEAR30-approved contracts in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CLEAR30 initiative provides an opportunity for Maryland producers to receive incentives for a 30-year commitment to water quality practices on their land, building on their original 10- to 15-year CRP and CREP contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith CLEAR30, Maryland producers now have the opportunity to commit to water quality improvement practices that will be implemented for the next 30 years,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. \u201cHaving these practices in place long term will help Maryland decrease runoff, and help our state meet our Chesapeake Bay goals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

MDA\u2019s bonus payment of $1,000\/acre will be eligible on accepted CLEAR30 contracts <\/span>except for<\/b> grass waterways and contour grass strips.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Current CRP and CREP enrollees with contracts expiring before Sept. 30, 2021, must apply with a local <\/span>USDA Service Center<\/span><\/a> before<\/span> Aug. 6, 2021<\/b>. Farmers interested in MDA\u2019s $1,000\/acre signup bonus, should contact their <\/span>local soil conservation district<\/span><\/a> before <\/span>Aug. 6, 2021<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefits of CLEAR30 enrollment and the additional bonus payment from the department, makes this opportunity a win-win for Maryland farmers and the environment,\u201d said Sec. Bartenfelder.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on CLEAR30, please visit the USDA Farm Service Agency <\/span>website<\/span><\/a>. For questions or details on MDA\u2019s bonus payment, please contact Alisha Mulkey at <\/span>alisha.mulkey@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter <\/span>@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

$1,000\/Acre Incentive for Participating in Long-Term Conservation Program ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 Maryland farmers who are enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) with contracts due to expire on Sept. 30, 2021, now have the opportunity to transition to a 30-year contract option through the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA)  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25567,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25564\/revisions\/25567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}