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Disaster, Disease, Government, Lacey Vilhauer, Livestock, Predators, Swine, USDA

USDA awards $51.9 million to combat feral swine in 13 states 

USDA awards $51.9 million to 29 projects in 13 states to control feral swine and reduce agricultural and environmental damage. Read More

Bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes are early bloomers in the spring. (Photo: Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Central Region, Hunting, Nebraska, Outdoors, Regional Roundup, Soil Health, Wildlife

Nebraska CSP, EQIP application deadline set for Oct. 16

Pair of pintail ducks in the sky on a frosty morning over the wetlands. (Adobe Stock │ #288828658 - Cliff)
Crops, Farmland, Government, Land, Ranchland, USDA

USDA clarifies wetland determinations to provide certainty to farmers

Herd of grazing cows on a vast field. (Adobe Stock-#168421307 │ Maryna Konoplytska)

Conservation, grazing, and forage situation

  • By Matthew Diersen │ South Dakota State University Extension

2 U.S. House members look to restore USDA staff cuts

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
Jake Mowrer, Ph.D., is the new director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory in College Station. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Mowrer takes helm of AgriLife Extension Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory

  • By Kay Ledbetter │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

USDA appoints Colton Buckley as NRCS chief 

USDA announces $52 million for public access, wildlife habitat program 

Combining by Walters, Oklahoma.

Stewardship and profitability intertwined

Drones take on Eastern redcedar: A high-tech solution for rangelands