Due to the growing number of climate-smart programs that are available to growers, it can be hard to navigate. That’s just what the Conservation Connector was intended to change. Developed by The ...

Congressional Agriculture Committee leaders are providing glimpses into their intentions for farm bill conservation programs with proposals to make potentially significant changes to longstanding ...

Conservation programs do incredible work and have done so for decades. Many animal and habitat conservation efforts, both large and small, are successful. However, some conservation programs launch ...

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition says USDA’s proposed FY2027 budget would cut more than $2B and eliminate ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

Producer Kate Friesen shows Indiana district conservationist Wes Krug around Singletree Flower Farm in Goshen, Indiana on June 29, 2022. Friesen and her husband received assistance through USDA’s ...

If you love something, set it on fire. Especially if the thing you love is a healthy pasture. For grasslands, fire is a crucial part of a healthy ecosystem and an important tool for a rancher. Not ...

The Department of Agriculture is boosting enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program but being less stringent on environmental measurements. A program that rewards farmers for turning ...

After years wrangling over how best to target conservation money toward small farms, Congress has struck on a novel solution for the moment: quit trying. In two installments this year — including this ...

For nearly 30 years, Little Forks Conservancy has been leading conservation efforts in the Cedar River Watershed to protect land, water and wildlife by partnering with private landowners.

The newly-appointed director of the state water board visited the Colorado River Water Conservation District in Glenwood Springs this past week, and their conversation focused on a topic that has long ...

There is still some hope that funding for Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund will be extended in a bipartisan deal over the state’s $2.5 billion surplus.