Page 19 - Conservation Stewardship Program News Today

Once again, U.S. agriculture represents just 10% of total U.S. emissions when compared to other economic sectors.

Laurie Fortuna, a fourth generation landowner, and her husband, Larry, make soil health their main mission on their 500-acre dairy farm.

This summer marks the 10th season for Unadilla Community Farm, a non-profit farm education center on the banks of the Unadilla River in West Edmeston.

As Congress prepares to begin replacing the 2018 farm bill with new legislation, a thorough study of how long the process has taken before offers insight into how long the upcoming undertaking might last.

A USDA grant awarded to the City of Decatur will provide farmers with financial incentives for practices meant to reduce nutrient loss from topsoil runoff entering Lake Decatur.

The USDA could use its biggest land stewardship programs — the Conservation Reserve, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program — to combat climate change, wrote University of Maryland professor Erik Lichtenberg in a report.

News from Grant County, New Mexico

USDAs Natural Resource Conservation Service is embarking on a big hiring push to recruit the staff needed to carry out the Inflation Reduction Acts boost to many of its programs.

House Republicans were arguing not long ago that a deal on the debt ceiling could make it easier to pass a farm bill. Instead, many conservatives are angry over the debt agreement and demanding cuts to nutrition assistance and other programs that could delay the development of a new farm bill and even threaten its passage.

The deadline for the second stage of additional Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) funding is approaching.