A new Farm Journal poll conducted on behalf of Invest in Our Land across 10 leading agricultural states shows that American farmers and ranchers overwhelmingly believe conservation funding has an ...

Water is essential for life on our planet, yet it’s a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce. With growing populations, climate change, and unsustainable usage patterns, communities around the ...

The time is now for Congress to finalize a new farm bill that strengthens important risk management tools for producers, makes a historic investment in climate-smart conservation, and revitalizes ...

Farmers in Illinois and all across the country are increasingly confronting the challenge of climate change by implementing “climate-smart” conservation practices, like cover cropping, reduced tillage ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Conservation Innovation Fund, a conservation and sustainability impact finance firm, announced the launch of the second round of farm enrollment for its Climate-Smart ...

In 2023, USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities turned on the spigot to fund 141 projects, totaling $3 billion. Understanding the projects — each run by a different organization with its ...

Wildlife conservation groups and researchers are increasingly using artificial intelligence, drones, and smart sensors to monitor species, predict threats, and act before ecosystems collapse. From ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in Northern Michigan. When Debbie Stabenow retired from Congress last year, she ended a 28-year run of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in April announced the termination of its $3 billion “climate smart” program, a grantmaking initiative that was supporting hundreds of millions of dollars in ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — North Dakota and Minnesota farmers and ranchers may be eligible to participate in a national pilot program that will pay farmers and ranchers $100 an acre or an animal unit to ...

The degradation of marine ecosystems - including coral reefs, oyster reefs, and deep-sea communities is accelerating due to ...