Agri-Pulse

Conservation Stewardship Program acreage rose in 2023

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 ...
Ohio's Country Journal

USDA announces January 15 national batching deadline for major NRCS conservation programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established a national Jan. 15, 2026, ...
AG Week

Conservation Stewardship Program is a popular program for making ag more environmentally friendly

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Conservation Stewardship Program is one of the federal government’s most popular tools for making “working land” in agriculture more environmentally friendly. Todd C. Hagel, ...
AOL

Conservation Stewardship Program funding available to Ohio landowners, producers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from landowners interested in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to build on ...
AG Week

Conservation Stewardship Program enrollment open

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It may not be as well known as the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, but the Conservation Stewardship Program, or CSP, is the nation's largest working lands program with more ...
Agri-Pulse

Conservation Stewardship Program sign-up period extended

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2015 — USDA is planning to give farmers and ranchers an extra two weeks — until March 13 — to sign up for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). The National Sustainable ...
Augusta Free Press

First participants in conservation stewardship program can renew

Producers with expiring USDA Stewardship Program contracts have from July 11 until Sept. 12, 2014 to renew and add conservation activities that will support their natural resource improvement ...
Modern Farmer

Conservation Stewardship Program is Falling Short, Say Critics

For John Wicks, farming is about a lot more than planting a seed and watching it grow. Since taking over his family’s farm after his father’s death, he has spent the last 14 years working to bring a ...
The Journal

Kansas NRCS announces Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Stewardship Program funding

David S. Doctorian, State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced the 2025 application deadline of Monday, September 9, ...
The Journal

USDA publishes final rule for Conservation Stewardship Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the final rule for its Conservation Stewardship Program. The rule makes updates to the popular conservation program as directed by the 2018 farm bill and ...
Wisconsin Examiner

Republicans attack ‘strawman’ Knowles-Nelson for land conservation

Republicans may allow a popular land stewardship program to expire next year, but most Wisconsin public land comes from other ...