As Congress works to reauthorize a new Farm Bill, we must remember the lessons of the Dust Bowl and insist on robust funding ...

Healthy soil, essential to growing crops and to providing forage for livestock, was the foundation of conservation efforts by the United States government starting in 1929, prompted by the Dust Bowl.

While improved crop varieties have contributed to yield increases, improvements in soil health, resulting from the adoption ...

Even with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reaching its 90th anniversary milestone, efforts in soil conservation occurred ...

A north central Illinois farmer says he’s disappointed in the state’s planned cuts to conservation funding. Brian Corkill, ...

Dubuque County Soil and Water Conservation District will mark Soil and Water Conservation Week with a trivia event this weekend.

The Wood Soil and Water Conservation District is offering a fingerling fish sale for pond owners to stock their ponds. Fish ...

A Wisconsin farmer is continuing his father’s no-till farming lessons across the entire farm. Roger Bindl farms in ...

The Pope Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), in partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), is celebrating Stewardship Week from April 27 – May 4, 2025, ...

Linn County Conservation has a potential plan in the works to transform a soggy stretch of unused land near Morgan Creek Park ...

On two remote islands in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), conservationists, scientists, and local partners are working ...