Articles Tagged with ''conservation''

The highly popular Environmental Quality Incentives Program would lose around $1 billion in budget authority over the next four fiscal years under the House Agriculture Committee's GOP farm bill draft, according to calculations by the Congressional Budget Office. EQIP was essentially used as a funding source for other priorities in the legislation.

Experts say the Conservation Reserve Program this year is likely to see increased interest from farmers looking for a consistent source of income from their less productive acres amid a tough commodity market. 

A new report from an environmental think tank says the Conservation Reserve Program does not fuel long-term population loss and may actually boost rural employment and business activity.

Farmers looking to get federal conservation funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program will no longer face limits to how much they can receive.

The Senate Ag Committee advanced the nominations for under secretary for farm production and conservation, and for under secretary for natural resources and environment.

Conservation programs will get a boost under the reconciliation bill recently signed into law, but the rescission of around $14 billion in near-term IRA funding means signups for the next few fiscal years will be smaller than expected.

More farmers are trying out conservation tillage and cover crops, but not all of them choose to permanently adopt the practices, a new Economic Research Service report has found.

A panel of conservation leaders told lawmakers Tuesday that as the Natural Resources Conservation Service sees cutbacks in staffing under the Trump Administration, partnerships would be key to ensuring farmers have access to technical assistance

In this opinion piece, Kilimo CEO & Founder Jairo Trad argues that California must modernize its irrigation practices to address severe water scarcity. Despite technological advances, 40% of farmland in the Central Valley still uses inefficient flood irrigation. Trad highlights that water stewardship is becoming a key sustainability strategy, and California is well-positioned to lead.

As the Trump administration tightens its scrutiny over Biden-era climate programs, federal funding for the Working Lands Conservation Corps is drawing to a halt.