USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is updating its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) to expedite appraisals, land surveys and certification of eligible entities. The changes ...

Four major farm bill conservation programs would see a significant, permanent boost to their funding levels under the sweeping budget reconciliation bill that Republicans pushed through the House. The ...

As federal officials finalize post-2026 management rules for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, much of the debate has focused on how to allocate less water, who will bear the reductions, and how those ...

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One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ...

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From the beginning, conservation provisions in the farm bill have been linked to farm income support. Over the past 10–15 years, spending on conservation programs in the farm bill first rose and then ...

No-till farming, a key conservation agriculture strategy that avoids conventional plowing and otherwise disturbing the soil, may not bring a hoped-for boost in crop yields in much of the world, ...