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 ...

This Market Intel article is the second in a five-part series highlighting agricultural ecosystem credit markets and the opportunities and challenges they present farmers, as well as the policy levers ...

Jerry Raynor, then the Indiana state conservationist, visits a site in Starke County, Indiana, May 25, 2021 that was restored under NRCS's Wetland Reserve Easement Program. The easement includes 200.6 ...

LYONS, Nebraska — Farmers and ranchers interested in signing up for the Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program have until Jan. 15 to submit initial paperwork.

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, ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Pacific Islands Area is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2025 assistance programs. Farmers, ...

Conservation officials in California have outlined 10 conservation practices with high potential for benefits that will receive priority incentive payments. The practices – which would be employed ...

In 2020, Colorado voters passed Proposition 114, directing the reintroduction of gray wolves into the state. Between December ...

“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 ...

The Indiana Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering an opportunity for landowners to apply for cost assistance with conservation practices like tree planting, forest stand ...

The cost and availability of water is one of the biggest challenges facing the game of golf. The municipal Park City Golf Club has plenty of water when winter snow is still melting in the mountains, ...