The Agriculture Department on Thursday announced opening dates for continuous and general signups for the Conservation Reserve Program, which has around 1.9 million acres of available space this year.

As Congress writes a new Farm Bill, lawmakers are working across the aisle to forge solutions that simultaneously help feed America and address our growing conservation challenges. An indispensable ...

One of the nation's most important federal farm programs could be taking a major hit. A proposal to chop millions of acres from the Conservation Reserve Program worries a lot of area residents, at ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced several Conservation Reserve Program enrollment opportunities for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA’s Farm Service Agency is accepting offers ...

Resources for the Future has released a report on the Agriculture Department’s Conservation Reserve Program, which retires environmentally sensitive cropland in exchange for rental payments. While ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin signing up for the general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) starting March 4 and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A proposal that could allow earlier haying of Conservation Reserve Program acres during times of drought has been introduced and is being backed by U.S. senators from northern ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Conservation Reserve Program allows landowners to make the most of their ground. Now, new landowners will have the chance to enroll in the program. During the National Pheasant ...

“ [CRP] is a program to help environmentally sensitive land, improve wildlife habitat, soil erosion, water quality, wind erosion and just conservation in general,” he said. Fagerhaug said the term ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BANGOR — Agricultural producers impacted by excessive rain can now request ...