A $360,000 grant to the Conservation Foundation will allow the Naperville nonprofit to invest in new equipment and grow more for produce for local food pantries. Thanks to the funding awarded by ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Farms make up about 40 percent of all US land. In many counties ...

Short-term “bridge” or aid payments can help keep farms afloat during difficult years, but policy decisions that can help improve grower practices and profitability long-term are needed, farmers say.

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

As a nation, we draw strength from our forests, grasslands, farmers, ranches, rivers and wild lands. In the Red River Valley of the North, our 25-million-acre watershed spreads across a mosaic of ...

Hilery Gobert is the seventh generation Gobert farmer to cultivate southwest Louisiana land. A native of St. Landry parish, Gobert left his father's farm as a young man, served in the first Brigade of ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The Conservation Stewardship Program is one of the federal government’s most popular tools for making “working land” in agriculture more environmentally friendly. Todd C. Hagel, ...