Emergency grazing, haying authorized in Adams County

Due to drought conditions during the 2014 grazing season emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program lands as been authorized for Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Lincoln, Walla Walla and Yakima counties.

Participants may not both hay and graze the same acreage. Programs such as the grass filter strips or contracts enrolled under the State Acres for Wildlife CRP-SAFE programs are not eligible for emergency haying or grazing.

Grazing on CRP lands is permitted from July 2 through Sept. 30. It is limited to 75 percent of the contract acreage or a 75 percent stocking rate....