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When the U.S. Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.'s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s, he went to a private lender who made him

/PRNewswire/ -- The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) increasing the minimum annual payment for agricultural producers participating in the...

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

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida (NRCS-FL) wants to remind agricultural producers that applications need to be in by ..

“These are farmers and landowners who want to do conservation on their farm. They want to do something we all seem to support — which is conserving natural resources,” said Jonathan Coppess, an associate professor and director of the Gardner Agriculture Policy Program at the University of Illinois.

Midwest family farm advocates have sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, opposing recent additions to conservation practices they said are bad for the environment. The measures are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. ...

Conservation payments to rise

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced improvements to the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) as well as an unprecedented $1 billion investment to advance partner-driven …

The USDA/NRCS-Florida wants to remind agricultural landowners in the state that they are still accepting applications for the EQIP, CSP, .....

Correction: This article has been updated to accurately reflect Jonathan Coppess’s position. Congress appears unlikely to pass a new farm bill by the end of this year amid standoffs over Republicans’ push to extend subsidies to three specific Southern crops — at the potential cost of billions in both food aid and popular farm conservation programs. […]