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Nashvile, TN - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the availability of an historic $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2024 to invest in partner-driven conservation and climate solutions through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting project proposals now through July 2, 2024, that will help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners adopt and expand conservation...

We learned in the 1930s that a lack of utilizing soil conservation methods would play a large role in what started the Dust Bowl.

NACD and a coalition of agriculture and conservation organizations recently sent a letter to the leaders .....appropriations committees ......

With a world that is rapidly changing, American farmers have faced unprecedented uncertainty.  Growing up surrounded by cornfields in Southern Indiana, I remember some years were harder than others for the farmers due to harsh weather conditions or other factors. Although I didn’t grow up on a farm myself, my community was fueled by agriculture,...

USDA funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will help farmers save money, create revenue streams, and tackle the climate crisis.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), acting through its various agencies, including the Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),...

The alphabet soup of diverse conservation funding for farmers was the focus of one of the breakout sessions during the recent Soybean Summit.

United States President Joe Biden signed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations legislation into law (March 9, 2...

Even with a substantial increase in much-needed and overdue funding, popular conservation programs at the United States Department of Agriculture that help farmers protect their yields and support the local environment on their terms continue to be oversubscribed and under-resourced. Now is not the time for Congress to divert that funding to other uses never