New federal initiative provides farmers funding for soil health practices and conservation through streamlined application ...

Stavros Koutsantonis says measurement, reporting and verification of regenerative farming is helping to create excitement among LPs for its US farmland strategy.

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, ...

It takes intentionality to meet the requirements, but it’s possible to layer federal and private conservation programs to add extra cash to your bottom line. “When carbon programs are appropriately ...

CHAMPAIGN — Across Illinois and around the country, farmers, ranchers and forest landowners are working with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to implement conservation practices across ...

Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to 49 national conservation practice standards. The proposed revisions are ...

4. Ask questions. As you converse with your tenant, ask questions about his or her approach to farming, land management and ...