Page 19 - Conservation Reserve Program News Today

The Great Plains lost 1.6 million acres of grasslands in 2021.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced improvements to the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) as well as an unprecedented $1 billion investment to advance partner-driven …

LMH Health fires its chief financial officer after learning he's a convicted felon... Kansas lawmakers hear about efforts to address homelessness... the judicial branch searches for solutions following a cyberattack... Gardner police investigate the suspicious death of a toddler... KU takes on Texas Tech... K-State hosts Baylor... and the Chiefs defense is playing better than its offense. Those headlines and more, inside. These headlines are updated throughout the day.

One argument I have heard for why most of Iowa is corn and soybeans is that producing the fruit and vegetables to feed people requires such a small amount of land, that the rest should be for ethanol and feeding livestock. I disagree. Wildlife has inherent value and it should be protected. Earth should not...

Here's a summary of area news headlines, as prepared by KPR news staffers and updated throughout the day.

Laura Baker, the Farm Service Agency executive director for Kimball County, received the FSA Administrators Award for Service to Agriculture and one

When Congress let the Farm Bill expire back in September, it put billions of dollars worth of critical conservation funding in jeopardy.

Kansas agricultural land continues to be in demand.

There are a lot of facts for people who have birds on the brain contained in Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program Strategic Plan.

WASHINGTON — Certain U.S. Department of Agriculture programs will begin to go dark unless Congress authorizes a new farm bill that covers the next five years or passes a short-term