Conservation

Investments in Restoration and Conservation Across America
Investments in Restoration and Conservation Across America
Investments in Restoration and Conservation Across America
The Bureau of Land Management today announced $28 million in investments from the Inflation Reduction Act for six large-scale partnerships with national organizations, States, and the Navajo Nation to support restoration and conservation on public lands.
NACD Releases 2023 Farm Bill Recommendations
NACD Releases 2023 Farm Bill Recommendations
NACD Releases 2023 Farm Bill Recommendations
The National Association of Conservation Districts recently released policy recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill.  The NACD’s Farm Bill Task Force has convened more than a dozen times to come up with recommendations that were recently approved by the NACD Board of Directors.  Their most im...
Vilsack USDA Boosting Conservation Funding In 2024
Vilsack USDA Boosting Conservation Funding In 2024
Vilsack USDA Boosting Conservation Funding In 2024
“This is an extraordinarily transformational and pivotal moment for American agriculture,” said Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack thanking the National Association of Conservation Districts during their recent annual convention.  He expressed t...
Educating Lawmakers About the Farm Bill
Educating Lawmakers About the Farm Bill
Educating Lawmakers About the Farm Bill
While understanding has grown over recent years between about the Farm Bill and how all pieces of that legislation go together, many in farm country say more needs to be done.  Will Stafford with CHS Inc. says it’s important to stress that the Farm Bill has little chance of clearing Congress as a standalone farm safety net and conservation vehicle; the nutrition title he says must be included.  He
USDA Announces Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA Announces Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA Announces Conservation Stewardship Program
The next deadline for Conservation Stewardship Program applications to be considered for funding this year is February 10th.  Through CSP, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production on their land.  The Departmen...
Conservation Should Be Incentives Based, Not Mandated
Conservation Should Be Incentives Based, Not Mandated
Conservation Should Be Incentives Based, Not Mandated
Climate change as an issue in the next farm bill is already causing temperatures to rise in the nation’s capital.  But if there’s anything farm leaders agree on, it’s conservation incentives, not dictates.   “Let the innovators compete, let them go after it and do what they want, it’s not ‘one size fits all,’ it gives them a shot to do it," said former Farm Service Agency chief, Jonathan Copp

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