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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.” ...

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