This partnership will support conservation specialists deployed alongside agricultural retailers to build knowledge and support conservation practices.
“When the land does well for its owner, and the owner does well by the land–when both end up better by the reason of their partnership–then we have conservation. When one or the other grows poorer, either in substance, or in character, or in responsiveness to sun, wind and rain, then we have something else, […]
Today, 76 farm groups delivered a letter to Congress requesting funding for conservation programs and technical assistance in fiscal year 2021.
The Environmental Defense Fund advocates for sustainable agriculture, and have three major initiatives in the food industry they are working towards.
Farmers have long been stewards of the land, quite often serving as its most steadfast guardian, and the benefits of farmland conservation are numerous.
California invested over $100 million in a broad diversity of conservation contracts with farmers, ranchers and private forest landowners.
Conservation can deliver measurable economic value to farmers and their financial partners.
Farmers have just over a week to get eligible land enrolled in the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) this year. Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Richard Fordyce reminded producers that the deadline to sign up is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. “Any agricultural producer that has eligible land should review the benefits of this program,” said Fordyce. […]
Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN has acquired an Iowa-based software company whose soil health and conservation planning software is already helping the company lead the way on innovative conservation stewardship. The Agren business and tools will be operated by the Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN division. Land O’Lakes, Inc. has held minority equity in Agren since 2016, teaming with […]
Minnesota landowners are being told they need to be cautious when buying and planting seed, especially for conservation plantings. Recently, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has encountered several issues with seed sold in the state. In 2016 and 2017, the highly invasive weed Palmer amaranth was introduced through conservation seed mixes. The department found seed […]