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Henderson County (Oct 31, 2023) - The deadline is Nov. 3 to apply for Environmental Quality Incentives Program grants that offer technical and financial assistance for working lands, including field crops, specialty crops, organic, confined livestock and grazing and non-industrial private forest land, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced Tuesday.

NORTH FREEDOM, Wis. – Planting cover crops has been found to provide many environmental benefits, particularly improving soil health and reducing nutrient runoff. But the practice also has been associated

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, Huron, S.D., October 26, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging agricultural producers and forest landowners in South Dakota to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices...

If you are a farmer or rancher, there has never been a better time to apply for popular conservation programs offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In South

The original 160-acre farm was first a gravel pit until 1987. In 2005, Gary and Lisa Marschall purchased the farm, and have since worked with other federal programs to build up the soil profile.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making more than $3 billion in funding available for agricultural producers and forest landowners nationwide to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt

A striking majority of poll respondents oppose congressional Republicans’ plans to repurpose conservation funding for non-climate-related farm bill programs. In a poll released exclusively to The Hill on Tuesday, voters across six leading agriculture states opposed those plans by a ratio of 3 to 1. And despite the fact that the GOP is the party pushing to repurpose…

Every Democratic member of the House Ag Committee urged Thompson and Scott against IRA cuts in the farm bill, according to a new letter shared exclusively with MA.

The biggest farmland conservation program has shrunk dramatically since the last farm bill, with no sign Congress will change direction.

University of Illinois associate professor Jonathan Coppess, writing at the farmdoc daily blog, said the “incredible shrinking of CSP … may also serve as a warning” about stewardship funding in the 2023 farm bill.