New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

Federal agriculture department loses field staff as farmers face delays accessing newly approved conservation funding.

Are you an agricultural landowner interested in protecting the integrity of your property? Consider safeguarding your land with a conservation easement through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ...

University of Illinois researchers analyzed traces of DNA in rivers and streams to learn how strips of trees near water — ...

Some 69 million acres were enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program in fiscal 2023, or about 8% of all U.S. agricultural land, according to a report by the National Sustainable Agriculture ...

CDFA Secretary Karen Ross (left) presents to the Assembly Ag Committee. (photo: Asm. Robert Rivas' office) The California Department of Food and Agriculture Office of Environmental Farming and ...

MITCHELL, S.D. — Conservation is an important piece of agriculture, and one organization is working to showcase that need. Invest In Our Land is dedicated to making sure policymakers and the public ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today 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 ...

With central Iowa battling high nitrate levels in water sources, BVU and an Iowa family created a center where students can ...

Mark Twain once famously said, “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over.” Recently, Reps. Yadira Caraveo, D-CO, and Jake LaTurner, R-KS, jointly introduced the bipartisan Voluntary ...

U.S. agriculture delivers safe and reliable food, feed and fiber to our nation and to the entire world, but it also delivers much more. Through their careful stewardship, farmers, ranchers, and ...

Rwanda’s agriculture employs up to 56.7% of the working-age population and supports rural livelihoods. Yet it faces growing pressure due to small and fragmented landholdings, declining soil fertility, ...