Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says he wants to see the federal Conservation Reserve Program reformed “to keep working lands working,” even as the number of acres enrolled in the program for ...

Two eastern Iowa farming nonprofits are now able to continue their programs for underserved farmers.

Iowa Learning Farms, a conservation education and outreach program from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, has ...

A report from the Center for Rural Affairs found that funding from the Inflation Reduction Act had a “significant impact” on the adoption of conservation practices in Iowa. The report examined two ...

The Iowa Valley Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) has joined a federal lawsuit targeting the Trump Administration’s USDA program cuts.

For decades, global conservation efforts relied heavily on one dominant philosophy: protect nature by removing people from it. Forests became “preserves,” rivers became “resources,” and entire ...

Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat in Kress, Texas. Funding freezes threaten to halt the $11 billion dedicated to two land conservation ...