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06/27/21
The Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has received state funding to conduct a cost share program for structural conservation practices. This program from the state will help local landowners defray the cost of applying needed conservation practices.
06/26/21
The Cheyenne Family YMCA is now home to four new trees, thanks to the Laramie County Conservation District.
Schott’s presentation was part of the Balanced Rock Soil Conservation District’s field day in Buhl. The event focused on water management, including sprinkler maintenance, variable rate irrigation, and the impact of water on soil health.
Have you ever wondered what Teton Conservation District does? Or what even is a conservation district? Check out this new illustrated video created by On Board Innovations to get to know your local conservation district!
The Northwest Ohio Soil & Water Conservation Districts are offering a free at-home “Do-It-Yourself” Jr. Conservationist summer program.
The Lac qui Parle Soil and Water Conservation District will run soil and water erosion demonstrations, and University of Minnesota Forever Green Initiative researchers will be on hand to answer questions on management, production and economics.
At the core of Iowa farmer Levi Lyle's one-pass system is a front-mounted roller-crimper, used to terminate cover crops while drilling soybeans.
USDA-NRCS: USDA to Invest $10 Million to Support Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry through Voluntary Conservation
06/24/21
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $10 million to support climate-smart agriculture and forestry through voluntary conservation practices in 10 targeted states.
By Zack Budryk
06/24/21
The Growing Climate Solutions Act, introduced by Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), next heads to the House. The measure would establish a Department of Agriculture certification process through which producers can generate and sell carbon credits.
06/24/21
A Kansas Forest Service official says streamside forests and woodlands have improved during the course of a six-year, $1.8 million project, but work remains to ensure the viability of local water resources.
Environmental Working Group: Cover crops, touted as a climate crisis solution, planted on only one in 20 acres of Corn Belt cropland
By Sarah Graddy
06/30/21
Cover crops, which help control water pollution from farm runoff, remain a little-used tool on Midwestern farmland, despite almost 100 years of science showing its value, according to a new Environmental Working Group study.
President Joe Biden moved his Wisconsin visit from a family farm in the rolling bluffs of Iowa County to the concrete floor of a city bus garage in La Crosse to promote passage of a $973 billion infrastructure bill just days after a bipartisan deal nearly collapsed.
By Jacqui Fatka
06/28/21
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack continues to fill out his potential undersecretary roster with diverse nominees with the latest nomination of Dr. Homer Wilkes for the post of undersecretary for natural resources and environment.he number of new wildfires in the U.S. so far this year is at a ten-year high, according to federal data, prompting warnings of a long, potentially dangerous summer of fire.
(Subscriber Only) The House Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal 2022 funding bill Wednesday for the Agriculture Department, Food and Drug Administration and Commodity Futures Trading Commission that would boost spending by more than 10 percent, including hefty amounts for ag research and climate-change-related programs.
By Amy Mayer
06/28/21
(Subscriber Only) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has appointed Randy Moore, a regional forester in California, as the new chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
President Biden announced a series of steps in response to intensifying wildfires in the western U.S. on Wednesday, calling the fires “a problem for all of us” and saying the U.S. must act "fast" during a meeting with western governors.
By Dan Gunderson
06/25/21
Andrew Ingvalson planted a field of alfalfa this spring, anticipating it would provide five years of hay crops for his 450 cattle. But few of the seeds sprouted because the soil was too dry.
By Bill Graham
06/27/21
Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) experts have shown that wise management gives prairie wildflowers and grasses renewed vitality for scenery, wildlife and farm profits.
By Alexandra Kelley
06/29/21
Fifteen metropolitan areas were surveyed, and researchers found that another 522 million more trees will need to be planted overall for the optimal levels of carbon sequestration, job creation and health benefits.
By Mark Ladao
06/27/21
The City Council has appropriated $5 million in the city’s operating budget meant to increase local food production, and it’s a much-needed source of funding for farmers.
The New York Times: It's some of America's richest farmland. But what is it without water?
06/18/21
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) recently received official approval from the USDA Forest Service of Connecticut’s 2020 Forest Action Plan, a ten-year strategic document designed to guide policies, priorities, and actions to conserve Connecticut’s forest resources across multiple landscapes from urban and suburban, to rural.
By Scott Streater
07/01/21
(Subscriber Only) BLM today posted an online report estimating there are now 86,189 wild horses and burros roaming 27 million acres of federal herd management areas in 10 Western states.
By Julia Jacobo
06/26/21
California was once the site of a gold rush. But now arguably one of the most precious commodities in parts of the state and in the Southwest is something else entirely -- water -- as the region grapples with a decades-long megadrought that experts say has been spurred on by a warming Earth.
High Plains Journal: Multi-purpose living mulch improves soil health and farmer’s bottom line
By Scott Elliott
06/28/21
A team of USDA scientists in the upper Midwest is working on a double-cropping system that is showing promise as a way to improve a farmer’s profit margin by growing cattle feed between rows of a cash crop, in this case corn or soybean.
With temperatures climbing over 100 degrees for days on end, conditions are especially hard on farmworkers who can find no respite from the sun.
(Subscriber Only) The House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved an annual agriculture spending bill for fiscal 2022 that would boost programs by 10 percent and direct nearly $350 million to fighting the impacts of climate change.
Field Work podcast hosts Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora recently explored the roles of finance and government in building the markets in conversation with Cristian Barcan, vice president for sustainability for Rabo Agrifinance, one of the biggest agricultural lenders in the U.S., and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.
The toxic blob of algae that turns western Lake Erie a ghastly shade of green each summer and threatens drinking water and fish should be on the smaller side again this year following another dry spring, scientists predicted Wednesday.
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