Earlier this week, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that he would increase conservation funding by $50 per-acre from its current rates of $100 per-acre, increasing the incentive for farmers…
Across the Midwest, Conservation Reserve Program contracts are set to expire. The CRP was originally begun in the 1950s in order to combat erosion and improve water and soil quality…
The growing federal budget deficit might force spending cuts in farm and agricultural services and programs. In his recent visit to Omaha, Nebraska, Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, hinted that…
For the first time in four years, the USDA is holding open enrollment for land conservation programs. Dating back to the 1950s, the Conservation Reserve Program takes severely erodible land…
The United States Department of Agriculture announced open enrollment for the federal Conservation Reserve Program. According to the Idaho Farm Service Agency, the federal government is offering to pay landowners…