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USDA launches Ranchers First Initiative to support beef producers 

USDA Ranchers First Initiative targets cattle herd rebuilding, beef processing and support for beginning and veteran ranchers. Read More

Bale in field. (Adobe Stock-#213993339 │ Dusan Kostic)
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Emergency haying and grazing conservation reserve program acres

first ethanol-to-jet fuel plant in Georgia
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Senate ag committee releases its framework for a farm bill

Landon (left) and Shannon Engelke (center) discuss resource concerns on 444 Engelke Ranch with NRCS District Conservationist Robert Self (right). (Photos compiled by Rebecca Gresham, Public Affairs Specialist, Lubbock, Texas)

444 Engelke Ranch: Turning dreams into reality

  • By Rebecca Gresham │ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Beef cows and calfs grazing on grass. (Adobe Stock-#349841650 │ William)

Bigger cattle may be the industry’s new normal

  • By Chevy-Lynn Vaske │ K-State Extension news service
Buckskin Lake Wildlife Management Area Nebraska. (iStock-#2153127919 │ David Radzieta)

Enroll lands in Open Fields and Waters to allow public access

  • By Jerry Kane │ Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Albaugh introduces Malibu Plus D herbicide to range and pasture market

Nebraska ranchers deal with wildfires

Grazing cattle in Kansas (Courtesy photo.)

Understanding forage value of Kansas CRP grasslands

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in flight closeup (Photo: iStock - chris2766 - www.chrissmithphotos.net)

Hunting: 2025 Kansas Upland Bird Forecast

Conservation.(Photo courtesy of United States Department of Agriculture.)

Enrollment starts on USDA’s Grassland CRP