David S. Doctorian, State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced the 2025 application deadline of Monday, September 9, ...

Farmers and ranchers interested in signing up for the Conservation Stewardship Program and Environmental Quality Incentives Program have until Jan. 15 to submit initial paperwork. Although the U.S.

A New Regenerative Pilot Program worth about $700 million dollars to farmers will start in 2026. The goal is to help farmers ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it will release about $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that had been frozen by the Trump administration's push to overhaul the federal ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established a national Jan. 15, 2026, batching deadline for the first funding round of key conservation programs.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent $700 million initiative for regenerative practices has drawn a mixed review, ...

The USDA paused funding for certain conservation programs and contracts during a sweeping review required by several executive orders. Some agriculture organizations say it will hurt farmers and rural ...

An agriculture policy group said the popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program wastes money on industrial farms’ manure systems. One of the Agriculture Department’s most popular programs to ...

When South Dakota farmer Paul Casper first heard about a project that’s growing climate-smart grain for sustainable aviation fuel, he was intrigued by the prospect of making extra money based on ...

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service is soliciting comments through Dec.23 on its Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation conservation practice standards. In addition to comments on overall ...

The new programme will create a framework but any significant progress on regen ag will rest on private-sector investment, ...