David S. Doctorian, State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced the 2025 application deadline of Monday, September 9, ...

Ever wonder what happens when governments cut programs designed to protect the planet we live on? The reality is pretty sobering. Scientists around the world are watching years of critical ...

The Department of Agriculture is boosting enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program but being less stringent on environmental measurements. A program that rewards farmers for turning ...

Tweaks to the Conservation Reserve Program would maximize environmental benefits, the investigative arm of Congress said in a report. A federal program that pays farmers not to plant crops for years ...

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides subsidies and technical assistance to encourage farmers to adopt new technologies and practices for ...

The Conservation Reserve Program's land ranking and selection system could be tweaked to better meet environmental and budgetary goals, a new Government Accountability Office report suggests. While ...

A new policy will officially rename the Army Compatible Use Buffer (ACUB) program as the Army Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) program, Achieving Readiness Through ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

A coalition of nearly two dozen environmental and climate change groups are coming together to put pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to implement the cap-and-invest program considered necessary for New ...

Nearly 45 acres of green space amid a total of 62 acres of property, have been designated for preservation in a deal made in June by the Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Elkridge and the Howard ...