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

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 ...

Federally funded Indigenous-led conservation programs are delivering highly effective climate and biodiversity outcomes, ...

As Florida’s 2026 legislative session begins, our state stands at another pivotal moment for conservation. The decisions made ...

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 ...

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 ...

“I started as a customer of NRCS first,” says Aubrey Bettencourt, chief of the USDA agency that helps farmers and ranchers manage natural resources on private lands. As a third-generation California ...

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 Sussex Conservation District (SCD) has launched a new Community Conservation Assistance Program aimed at helping homeowners and homeowner associations (HOAs) implement water conservation practices ...

The Texas Conservation and Sustainability Initiative, a Texas A&M AgriLife-led program, will host a free, informational ...