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North Dakota is one of four states chosen for a federally funded pilot program to spur more interest in farmers to reduce their carbon footprint. Through a USDA grant, the Alliance to Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture will offer farmers and ranchers in the selected states $100 an acre or animal unit to implement conservation practices, such as cover crops and no-till farming. The federal government has longstanding cost-sharing programs for these efforts, but its not easy for all producers to ...

The Washington office of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has cleared its application backlog with additional funding through the Inlfation Reduction Act. "We always had this need, and now we have this funding to look at big projects, we have funding to look at little projects," Washington State Conservationist Roylene Comes At Night said. "As Im talking to partners, Im not going to tell you No, Im saying, Lets talk."

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgia is encouraging ....to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt ...

As important as the farm bill is to both farmers and consumers, it will be several months before Congress takes action. 

US and Ohio Departments of Agriculture offer programs to aid farmers, from stewardship to conservation.

Conservation funding available

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is marked the end of 2023 by highlighting on-the-ground projects and partnerships that are building economic prosperity for farmers, families and communities nationwide. 

USDA has taken bold action to expand equitable access to our programs and services to improve customer experience (CX) for America’s farmers, ranchers and forest managers since President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government in December 2021.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages agricultural producers and forest landowners across the Southeast to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year 2024. NRCS is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), which help a wide variety of producers, including urban producers.

Farming continues to be a family business, with 97% of U.S. farms family-owned and accounting for 90% of farm production.