Archive for the "farm conservation" Tag

A South Dakota farmer has filed a lawsuit against USDA, alleging that the agency’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has illicitly forced […]

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has long been a fixture among the land use options available to U.S. farmers. But participation has […]

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson late last week announced five new packages of legislation targeting solutions to climate change. The bills […]

The Federal crop insurance program comprises a set of risk management tools on which farmers depend in overcoming things like catastrophic weather […]

Bill Northey’s a recognized agricultural leader in Iowa and around the country, and now that his term as USDA Undersecretary has concluded, […]

After a Senate vote of 92-7, former Iowa Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture will assume the latter role for the second […]

The deadline for signing up for the USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was originally set for this Friday. With renewed interest in […]

Though it’s been a big topic of discussion in Washington, D. C., lately with the confirmation hearings underway for proposed Secretary of […]

There are a handful of factors that can potentially limit farmers’ ability to integrate new conservation practices into their operations, but crop […]

The 2018 Farm Bill called for the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to review its conservation practices for any potential changes to […]