NRCS Oklahoma Announces First FY2024 Application Batching Date for Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) and Environmental Quality Incentives ...

Oct. 1—TAHLEQUAH — The deadline to apply for climate-smart programs through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program is coming up in November, and these funds can be used to improve farm and ranch ...

Sara George was standing in the middle of her kale field when she first heard about the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. George grows about a dozen acres of specialty crops like berries, ...

It’s harvest time in South Dakota and for nearly 140,000 pheasant hunters, it is an opportunity to wander fields of grass, ...

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 ...

David S. Doctorian, State Conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announced the 2025 application deadline of Monday, September 9, ...

Natural Resources Conservation Service offices around the country are gearing up to take in a surge of Inflation Reduction Act funding centered around the conservation programs they operate. Programs ...

Five former Natural Resources Conservation Chiefs are joining specialty crop growers in calling for a loosening of income restrictions for conservation programs, but opponents worry that easing the ...

“I started as a customer of NRCS first,” says Aubrey Bettencourt, chief of the USDA agency that helps farmers and ranchers manage natural resources on private lands. As a third-generation California ...

While USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) accepts applications for Farm Bill programs year-round, Idaho producers and landowners should apply by April 29 to be considered for funding ...