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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week the enrollment periods for agricultural producers and landowners to submit offers for the Continuous and General Conservation ...

Congressional Agriculture Committee leaders are providing glimpses into their intentions for farm bill conservation programs with proposals to make potentially significant changes to longstanding ...

Brad Johnson hunts for pheasants with his dog, Frisco, on Conservation Reserve Program land near Brookings in 2024. (Courtesy of Brad Johnson) It’s harvest time in South Dakota and for nearly 140,000 ...

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 ...

The sign-up period for landowners to enroll eligible farmland in the Continuous CRP program is Feb. 12 through March 20, 2026.

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that agricultural ...

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 ...