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 ...

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

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brad Johnson hunts for pheasants with his dog, Frisco, on Conservation Reserve Program land near Brookings in 2024. (Courtesy of ...

VINTON - The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Pheasants Forever are hosting workshops for landowners and producers interested in learning more about options ...

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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 ...

In 2025, we are lighting the birthday candles to celebrate 40 years of achievement through the Conservation Reserve Program. Created by Congress in the 1985 Farm Bill, CRP incentivizes landowners to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dragonfly rests on a blade of prairie grass in South Dakota. (Makenzie Huber, South Dakota Searchlight) A dragonfly rests on a ...

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 ...