Dry Conditions Affect Prescribed Burning of CRP Land This Spring

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"Warm temperatures, low humidity, and/or high-sustained winds dictate that burning is not safe. Fortunately, the window of opportunity for conducting a prescribed burn is wide enough such that one can wait for environmental conditions to improve," hesaid. CRP contracts signed since Oct. 1, 2000 may require a maintenance burn during the life of the contract. "All CRP participants with contracts effective with signup 26 (Oct. 1, 2003) are required to perform a management practice that can include prescribed burning, interseeding, or light disking.