Items Tagged with 'Agricultural Conservation Easement Program'

States are trying to meet land conservation goals and protect agricultural acreage, but securing enough money – and enough land to do that has been difficult across the country.

Amid the budget turmoil on Capitol Hill, the House Budget Committee is set to consider a partisan, fiscal 2023 budget resolution today, a little more than a week before the end of the fiscal year.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is updating the processes for its Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) around appraisals, land surveys and certifying eligible entities that help NRCS and producers enroll land into easements.

The department has opened the first round of staff positions to implement $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding over five years.

Farmers and ranchers will receive increased help developing nutrient management plans with funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, the Agriculture Department announced Monday.

As Congress advances a massive climate and energy reconciliation package, a senior Republican on the House Ag Committee says he's worried about the bill's long-term ramifications for the farm bill and other ag policy efforts.

Proposed regulations that could require public corporations to start reporting on the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains would saddle producers with significant costs and threaten the privacy of farm data, according to an analysis by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Former USDA Secretary Vilsack is right:“You cannot ask farmers to do this on their own. They have the will but not the resources.”