Viva Farms recently finished From Farmers to Soil Health Managers, a five-year project that focused on conservation practices ...

Judith Puncochar prunes a tree on her farm outside of Saint Paul, Nebraska. Most of Puncochar's farm is enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation initiative that she ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a five-part series, “Getting Grounded ...

The Agriculture Department has rescinded Regional Conservation Partnership Program award offers to several organizations previously selected to receive Inflation Reduction Act funding, according to ...

William & Mary students will work alongside external conservation partners and with support from faculty to complete the following applied research projects as part of the year-long Conservation ...

In an effort to improve the state’s soil health, the Oklahoma Conservation Commission is paying up to $40,000 to farmers and ...

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Imagine driving past a solar farm and underneath the panels, you see a field of yellow flowers dancing in the wind. Soil scientist Christina Hebb asked a room of solar developers to ...

A conservation district plans to buy a 289-acre orchard near Eugene's drinking water source for $4 million. The project aims to protect water quality by transitioning the orchard to organic practices ...