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Historic $20 billion spending, in the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture could not only save the planet, it might also help preserve the good will most Americans have for farmers.

With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, climate-smart ag programs get attention and NRCS boosts nutrient management training.

With the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act, climate-smart ag programs get attention and NRCS boosts nutrient management training.

By itself, climate smart agriculture will claim half the windfall to bankroll many oversubscribed, underfunded farm and ranch programs like the Environmental Quality Improvement Program and the Conservation Security Program.

By itself, climate smart agriculture will claim half the windfall to bankroll many oversubscribed, underfunded, farm and ranch programs, like the Environmental Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) and the Conservation Security Program (CSP).

If farmers and ranchers really want to live the boast that they are “the first environmentalists,” then this proposed budget will help them prove it.

Twenty-four projects will help farmers and ranchers adopt economically beneficial practices that improve wildlife habitat, soil health, carbon storage and water quality.

As talks begin on the 2023 Farm Bill, ideas surface about potential issues that may become part of this legislation that sets the future for ag policy in the United States. Even though voting on…

Key agribusiness groups and the American Farm Bureau Federation on Wednesday urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to allow holders of contracts under the Conservation Reserve Program, which idles land, to plant crops on those lands…

Groups testify on need to increase EQIP and NRCS technical assistance to allow for more ag involvement in climate efforts.