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A program that will pay well likely exists for landowners with cropland that floods regularly or doesn’t produce good crop yields.

The conservation priorities of focus are numerous but could include carbon sequestration and increased food system resiliency,

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

The National Aviary announced Thursday it has welcomed a new member to its flock.

In this opinion piece, Jared Planz, working farmer and head of vegetable production at CBF’s Clagett Farm, highlights reasons Congress should fully fund Farm Bill conservation programs, focusing on the soil-health benefits that help farmers keep their land in farming from one generation to the next. 

The Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture will pay producers to adopt or maintain practices that curb greenhouse gas emissions, like no till, minimum till, prescribed grazing or cover crops.

In this opinion piece, Adam Hardie, Climate and Sustainable Sourcing Lead for Mars Petcare US, Inc. discusses his experience with collaborating with Bayer to support and scale regenerative farming while connecting experts in their field.

The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.

An effort by Republican U.S. lawmakers to reallocate $18 billion in climate-friendly agriculture funding under President Joe Biden's signature climate law would shift money away from programs that primarily benefit farmers in Republican-leaning states, a Reuters analysis found. The Inflation Reduction Act money, earmarked for U.S. Department of Agriculture-designated "climate-smart" farm practices, is intended to support Biden's agriculture climate agenda, which relies heavi...

The climate is changing, and humans aren't the only ones feeling the effects of rising temperatures.