Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

Like many family farms, we operate on tight margins, a hard reality made tougher by high input costs for seed, fertilizer, labor and machinery, volatile prices for crops like corn and soybeans, and ...

This article was written by David Frabotta, Manager, Climate-Smart Ag Interactive Programming for Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative. Learn more at www.trustinfood.com At Rondo Farms, a ...

The Report was developed by USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project. NRCS describes the Report as documenting the progress that has been made through voluntary conservation over a 10-year ...

Join top farmers and CCAs at the 2026 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, March 10-11 at Ohio Northern University (525 S Main Street, Ada, Ohio). Connect with peers, discover new ideas, ...

Current conservation practices in farmlands may be good for species living above the earth such as birds and bees, but are probably not helping life belowground, researchers from the German ...

Farmers highlighted practices including cover crops, reduced tillage, and nitrate-reducing wetlands.

LIMA — Through its regenerative farm, The Ohio State University-Lima has been at the forefront when it comes to research into best practices for soil and water management in agriculture. On Thursday, ...

Conservation has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: not whether to act, but where action will matter most. Forest restoration, protected areas, wildlife corridors, and enforcement ...

CHAMPAIGN — Across Illinois and around the country, farmers, ranchers and forest landowners are working with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices across ...

$223 million has been awarded from the state to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for fiscal year 2026. It is the largest investment in the program's history "To ...

Every Iowan deserves clean, safe drinking water. That’s not negotiable. It’s fundamental to our health, our communities, and our quality of life. As Secretary of Agriculture, protecting our natural ...