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 ...

USDA has announced a sign-up period for the Conservation Reserve Program in 2025 that will extend from now until June 6 at local Farm Service Agency offices. The current CRP sign-up period will be for ...

After three years of short-term extensions, conservation groups hope this can be the year that Congress finally passes an ...

For the better part of three years, conservation groups across America have been watching the Farm Bill situation with the ...

The Conservation Reserve Program is nearing its cap of 27 million acres as USDA’s Farm Service Agency accepts offers for more than 2.2 million acres in the latest grassland, general and continuous ...

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 ...

For most, the Farm Bill is understood to provide a safety net for the nation’s agricultural producers and a nutrition-assistance program for the nation’s most vulnerable. This understanding is ...

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 ...

Ed Gorman’s childhood spent on the family farm north of Yuma and a career in small game management provided the nexus for Colorado’s successful Corners for Conservation program. Photo courtesy ...

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says he wants to see the federal Conservation Reserve Program reformed “to keep working lands working,” even as the number of acres enrolled in the program for ...