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 ...

USDA will begin distributing approximately $2.14 billion in payments to eligible agricultural producers and landowners through key conservation and safety-net programs. The $2.14 billion in payments ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many in agriculture hope conservation programs will be largely unaffected by the incoming second Trump administration given their popularity with farmers and with the fate of remaining Inflation ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

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 ...

Wisconsin’s nearly 40-year-old land conservation program is facing a grim future. The Knowles Nelson Stewardship Program will ...

The goal of the state's Cattle and Conservation Working Lands Program is to “convert non-productive land to productive land while also providing water quality benefits to the state of Iowa.” ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority took steps to practice conservation of the islands through its Kahu ʻĀina program, which is in partnership with a division of the Hawaiian Council, by ...