Scarcities in available forage land are pushing some cattle groups to look for ways to make existing Conservation Reserve Program acres easier for producers to graze, a shift that could give ranchers ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting 2.2 million acres into the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for 2026. Through CRP, USDA’s ...

Congressman James Gallagher (CA-01) and Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04) are working across the aisle to strengthen North State agriculture by expanding voluntary conservation initiatives and support ...

Support for farmers, ranchers and rural communities is expanding through new legislation, USDA programs and policy changes.

The Agriculture Department has agreed to enroll 2.2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program this year out of the 2.5 million acres offered by landowners under all three program signups.

The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact. The Biden administration announced ...

Change on a working farm rarely happens overnight, but the numbers coming out of the Hoosier State prove that when Indiana ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) wrapped up its summer business meeting last week, drawing roughly 700 ...

Since 1982, cropland, pastureland and rangeland have declined, while developed land has increased by nearly 48 million acres (66%), roughly the size of Nebraska. Acres moving between cropland, pasture ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The USDA is offering disaster assistance to help farmers and livestock producers recover from the wildfires in central and western Nebraska. Four majors wildfires have burned ...

WASHINGTON — Legislation signed into law on Nov. 13, 2025, ended a record 43-day partial government shutdown that began Oct. 1, restoring operations for federal agencies critical to Chesapeake Bay ...