soil conservation

Devastated and dry corn field because of long drought in summer. (Adobe Stock-#452119105 │ djoronimo)
Central Region, Drought, Kansas, Regional Roundup, Water, Weather

Historic drought conditions recorded in Kansas: July and August 2026 mark driest period since Dust Bowl

According to the US National Weather Service, Wichita Kansas experienced the second driest July - August on record  since 1888. Read More

America 250, Editorials, Lacey, Lacey Vilhauer, Opinion

A nation built by farmers and risk-takers 

Looking down a corn row in a no-till planted field. (Adobe Stock │ #114167847- Margaret Burlingham)
Corn, Iowa, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup, research

Paper looks at corn’s response to perennial cover

Cows (File photo by Linda Geist- University of Missouri Extension)

Why rotational grazing isn’t working

Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: Farmers support Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund

SHIPP helps protect vulnerable ag lands

Hugh Hammond Bennett sparked the creation of a conservation agency

  • By Sylvia Rainford, Natural Resources Conservation Service

National Association of Conservation Districts honors national award winners

Soil Health U Virtual Event January 21, 2021

Kansas Department of Agriculture partners with HPJ

NACD announces district grant recipients

State Conservation Commission Meeting set for Jan. 14