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Ducks Unlimited is partnering with Regenified to verify regenerative agriculture practices on farms and ranches across North America.

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.

With authorization of the Conservation Reserve Program set to lapse at the end of the fiscal year, next year’s signups may be at risk.

The Agriculture Department is reviewing 15 of its programs amid ongoing Trump Administration scrutiny over spending, according to a list provided to Agri-Pulse on Thursday by Senate Ag Committee ranking member Amy Klobuchar's office.

A new survey shows relatively few consumers are familiar with the term “regenerative” or consider it important to them.

Bayer said Thursday it has acquired camelina germplasm, intellectual property, and materials from Smart Earth Camelina Corp. with the goal of boosting its leadership in biofuel feedstocks. 

Some 69 million acres were enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program in fiscal 2023, or about 8% of all U.S. farmland, according to a report by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.