It takes intentionality to meet the requirements, but it’s possible to layer federal and private conservation programs to add extra cash to your bottom line. “When carbon programs are appropriately ...

A strip-tilled farm field, pictured Nov. 18, 2020, has been seeded with a cover crop in rural Linn County. Fewer than one-quarter of Iowa applications for federal cost sharing for farm conservation ...

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 ...

Sara George was standing in the middle of her kale field when she first heard about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. George grows about a dozen acres of specialty crops like berries, ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will receive about $37 million in 2026 from the federal Sport Fish Restoration and Wildlife Restoration programs. The funding is derived from excise taxes ...

Four major farm bill conservation programs would see a significant, permanent boost to their funding levels under the sweeping budget reconciliation bill that Republicans pushed through the House. The ...

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 ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — With the Trump administration halting funding for the USDA’s conservation programs and firing thousands of employees, there is concern about what will happen to those ...

Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat in Kress, Texas. Funding freezes threaten to halt the $11 billion dedicated to two land conservation ...

Ninety years ago this month, in the depths of the Great Depression, Congress created a new agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to safeguard rural prosperity for future generations: The ...

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 ...