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 ...

As Congress advances the Farm Bill, strengthening voluntary conservation programs on farms, ranches, and forests is essential ...

Conservation dollars don’t implement themselves. Precision agriculture upgrades, cover crop contracts, grazing plans and ...

Conservation agriculture practices like precision fertilizer application and cover crops can offer a multitude of benefits, including improving soil health, reducing crop losses during severe weather ...

With high input costs and low commodity prices, many farmers are looking for ways to reduce their costs, even more than normal. Could conservation practices be an answer for your farm? Anthony Bly, ...

First starting out, Jerry McBride found a used 40-by-200-foot chicken barn the owner no longer wanted, tore it down and built his first shop on his farm in Hardin County, Ohio. He repeated that ...

An Environmental Working Group report questions the effectiveness of some farming practices that the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently added to its Environmental Quality Incentives Program, ...

This work was made possible through the generous funding provided by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Conservation Agriculture in Crop-Livestock Systems (CLCA) project, ...

As the deadline approaches for Congress to renew the U.S. Farm Bill, agricultural experts and farmers are calling on legislators to prioritize protecting topsoil in the Midwest and throughout the ...

We all know fresh fruits and vegetables are good for our health – but did you know that the soil and surrounding environment the crops grow in also matters to our health and well-being? The ...

As the Agriculture Department promotes "regenerative" farming, promoters of climate-smart agriculture say it echoes the Biden ...