# 119-s-2608: CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025

119-s-2608, CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (R-SD); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-14).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2608
- Congress: 119
- Title: CRP Improvement and Flexibility Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-31
- Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-14

## Summary

**This bill would give producers more grazing flexibility and raise rental payment caps in the Conservation Reserve Program.** It would expand continuous enrollment for certain wildlife-focused acres, permit limited emergency haying or grazing under strict drought or forage-loss conditions, allow cost sharing for grazing infrastructure, and increase the rental payment limit to $125,000. - Farmers and ranchers would be able to conduct emergency haying during the final two weeks of the primary nesting season on up to 50 percent of contract acres when a county is at D2 drought or faces at least a 40 percent forage loss. The bill also recognizes emergency grazing and other emergency uses under the same response framework. - Wildlife and habitat programs would see State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement land added to CRP continuous enrollment and a new prohibition that stops late-season haying or grazing if it would cause long-term damage to vegetative cover supporting wildlife. This aims to balance emergency use with habitat protection. - Landowners would gain cost-share eligibility for grazing infrastructure like interior cross fences, perimeter fencing, and water systems and could treat land with such infrastructure as planted for reenrollment. The bill raises the CRP rental payment cap from $50,000 to $125,000, enabling larger annual payments per participant.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher CRP per-person rental cap: benefit, high. If enacted, the per-person CRP rental payment cap would rise to $125,000. The bill would increase the cap from $50,000 to $125,000. This change would take effect upon enactment.
- Cost-share for grazing infrastructure: benefit, medium. If enacted, CRP cost-share could pay for grazing fences and water systems. This applies when grazing is included in the conservation plan and addresses a resource concern. When a CRP contract with cost-shared grazing infrastructure ends, that land would be treated as planted for reenrollment. This…
- Wildlife acres in continuous signup: benefit, low. If enacted, land enrolled under the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement practice could use CRP continuous signup. This would let landowners enroll wildlife-focused acres through the continuous enrollment process. This change would take effect upon enactment.
- New emergency haying and grazing rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, emergency haying would be allowed on up to 50% of a contract's acres during the final two weeks of the primary nesting season and at other times when a trigger is met. Triggers are: county D2 or worse drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor; at least 40% county forage loss; or the Secretary…

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- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-s-1532: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
- 119-s-593: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.

## Sources
- [119-s-2608 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2608)

## Related
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- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
- [119-s-1532: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1532)
- [119-s-593: Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-593)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2608 (as of 2026-06-14).