(KLZA)--The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting offers for more than 2.2 million acres from agricultural producers and private landowners through this years, Grassland, General and Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signups administered by the Farm Service Agency.

With these accepted acres, enrollmant is nearing the 27 million CRP acreage cap.

Grassland CRP allows producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and further CRP's impacts.

Among the top states for this year's Grassland CRP signup is Nebraska with 237,853 acres accepted. FSA also accepted nearly 200,000 acres through the General Signup, brining total acres enrolled in General CRP to 7.9 million acres.

For more information on these programs contact your local FSA office at your USDA Service Center.