The Environmental Quality Incentives Program will take on a broader role, with more dollars and longer contracts, as it emerges under 2018 farm bill provisions.

The urban side of soil and water conservation is becoming a major player at the National Association of Conservation Districts' annual conventions.

With less than two months to go in 2018, American agriculture has endured a major drubbing by hurricanes and rainstorms in the Midwest, the Plains, and the coastal Southeast so far this year.

The overwhelming majority of scientists at USDA appear satisfied that they can do research and publish the results without interference.