Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USDA announced earlier this month it was ending a $3 billion program to help farmers use climate-friendly practices. (Preston ...

Once a target of Trump budget cuts, conservation programs gets new life as the MAHA movement takes hold at the Agriculture Department. The Trump administration will spend $700 million to encourage ...

Discover why healthy soil is vital for our food supply, climate, and future, and how human actions—like intensive agriculture, deforestation, and pollution—are causing rapid soil degradation.

Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

The state agriculture department will award $1.8 million under a new program to help farmers conserve water by improving soil health. The money will fund projects that use specific methods or ...

Just before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an ambitious $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program, administered through the Natural Resources Conservation Service. It called the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Krasny is a professor at Cornell University. Feb 03, 2025, 01:15pm EST Feb 04, 2025, 09:14am EST Dairy cattle in a ...

Farmers have long debated which practices do the most to keep their soil healthy. Now, after pulling data from 21 long-term field trials scattered across the United States, ...

In the Red River Valley, the fragile soil isn’t even safe when it is covered in snow. Soil health depletion combined with erosion can lead to snirt, a phenomenon where snow drifts and melt can move ...