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Five former Natural Resources Conservation Chiefs last week joined specialty crop growers in calling for changes to Adjusted Gross Income restrictions on conservation programs, but opponents worry such a change will only make it harder for smaller farmers to get into the oversubscribed programs. 

Jeff Frey spent his career building a grain farm on environmental innovations. Now, hes stepping back for his son and nephew to take over.

After growing up on a farm, Kristen Heberlig Hoke now works to implement pollution reduction practices with local farmers.

Nitrous oxide isnt just laughing gas its also a greenhouse gas thats more than 200 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Corn farmers in Indiana and the rest of the U.S. use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on their fields which releases nitrous oxide.

Nitrous oxide isn’t just “laughing gas” — it’s also a greenhouse gas that’s more than 200 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Corn farmers in Indiana and the rest of the U.S. use a lot of nitrogen fertilizer on their fields — which releases nitrous oxide.

Submitted July 31, 2023

Voters across the political spectrum support policies that would buffer farms from the effects of climate change and provide better workplace protections for food and farmworkers.

The Growing Access to Environmental Sustainability (GATES) Act seeks .....face in accessing agricultural conservation programs. Congressman

Few bumper stickers have made as large of an impression as “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Plastered on the back of fuel-efficient cars all over the English-speaking world, the phrase was inseparable from the broader environmentalist movement of the 1990s. But, as the environmental movement has shifted from a concern with things like pollution and industrial waste, to the inherently more global “climate,” the phrase has lost some luster.But when it comes to agriculture, the ’90s-era env...

Prospects for moving a farm bill anytime soon are anything but improved with the director of the Congressional Budget Office telling lawmakers he can’t add staff to work on the legislation.