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 ...

USDA is releasing the first $850 million in conservation program funding from the $18 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act to ramp up the adoption of climate-smart farming practices. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

The biggest farmland conservation program has shrunk dramatically since the last farm bill, with no sign Congress will change direction. A program created by the “father of modern conservation” to ...

COP30 has come and gone, leaving behind a familiar mix of new commitments and renewed political promises. But amid the ...

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 ...

The programs authorized in the farm bill’s conservation title could significantly mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the US agricultural sector and help farmers adapt to a changing climate. But to ...

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 list as collateral all 20 of his cattle and ...

Freezing of funds, revamping of programs and cuts to staffing that have come with the new Trump administration transition continue to bring questions in the farm community and those who serve them.

Conservation programs that have been included in farm bills since the New Deal originally set out to protect the country’s agricultural productive capacity and to provide income support for important ...

In an effort to improve the state's soil health, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission is paying up to $40,000 to farmers and ...