New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

Due to the growing number of climate-smart programs that are available to growers, it can be hard to navigate. That’s just what the Conservation Connector was intended to change. Developed by The ...

This article was written by David Frabotta, Manager, Climate-Smart Ag Interactive Programming for Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative. Learn more at www.trustinfood.com At Rondo Farms, a ...

When considering if soil conservation is worth the cost, think about what your time and soil is really worth. An economist shares research on what soil practices pay off.

The Report was developed by USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project. NRCS describes the Report as documenting the progress that has been made through voluntary conservation over a 10-year ...

In western Wisconsin's Monroe County, the county land conservation department shares an office with local NRCS staff. The partnership helps landowners get their conservation practices funded, no ...

John Peck, Tom Ziel and George Zmitko will be recognized for outstanding agricultural leadership, innovation and conservation ...

More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the practices, a new Economic Research Service report has found. The analysis of USDA ...

The process for the Natural Resource Conservation Service to approve new conservation practices is slow, bureaucratic and without clear guidelines. The NRCS often requires years for a practice to be ...

Conservation often presents itself as a technical enterprise: how much land to protect, which species to prioritize, what policies deliver results. A recent paper in Nature argues that this framing ...

$223 million has been awarded from the state to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for fiscal year 2026. It is the largest investment in the program's history "To ...

In the distance, Dean Fedde can see what used to be his grandparent’s farmland. It’s now five housing lots. He and his brother Wayne knew they never wanted their land to leave agriculture production, ...