On World Nature Conservation day, rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company is announcing a $300,000 partnership with Ducks Unlimited and Trout Unlimited.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting offers for enrollment for 3.1 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program.
A new USDA report shows conservation trends like use of no-till, more efficient irrigation methods, and advanced technologies are increasing.
These frameworks are designed to benefit both agriculture and wildlife in sagebrush and grassland landscapes of the western United States.
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.