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Kane Family Photo (Photo courtesy of USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Soil Health

Legacy to LLC — A Generational Tradition of Conservation Farming

The next generation of Kane Dairy farmers set out to take their parent’s vision for helping the family land reach new conservation levels with financial and technical assistance from NRCS programs. Read More

Kansas Geological Survey estimated reductions of 18% to 32% in pumping of underground water in the High Plains Aquifer in Kansas could extend life of the resource in some areas by a decade. KGS says savings require farmers to reduce water use for irrigating crops in western Kansas. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector)
Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup

Crop Insurance Discount Program deadline approaching

A combine harvesting soybeans. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)
Ag News, Land

New land transfer program to help nation’s farmers protect and access farmland



Playa lakes (Photo: Ducks Unlimited)

Texas Playa Lakes Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership Program

Open fields of cut hay. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Hunting workshop for landowners Oct. 13 in Scottsbluff

(Photo: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)

Oklahoma NRCS Announces Program Deadlines

Loran Steinlage of Fayette County, Iowa, has been named the Iowa Leopold Conservation Award winner. (Photo courtesy of Sand County Foundation.)

Loran Steinlage receives Iowa Leopold Conservation Award

Farm pond

Is groundwater conservation bill a federal ‘buy and dry’ program?  

Pivot irrigation system over a field in Caddo County near Hydro Oklahoma

Seek water-use help on the Ogallala’s decline 

Katahdin sheep grazing Indiangrass, big bluestem, little bluestem mix during D3 drought in Truxton, Missouri. (Photo by Rusty Lee.)

Native warm-season grasses help feed livestock through drought

USDA to allow producers to request voluntary termination of CRP contract