The last iteration of this key conservation package was passed in 2018, and the current version is still at risk of getting ...

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 ...

Crop market uncertainty is likely to boost farmer interest in enrolling in the Conservation Reserve Program, conservation experts say With just 1.9 million acres left in the program under the ...

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 ...

Iowa Cattlemen’s Association President Craig Moss argues that current CRP policies stifle land access for livestock, calling ...

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 USDA will accept applications for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program from May 4 to May 29, 2026, focusing on protecting at-risk grasslands while supporting grazing and haying. The move ...

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 (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 ...