With high input costs and low commodity prices, many farmers are looking for ways to reduce their costs, even more than normal. Could conservation practices be an answer for your farm? Anthony Bly, ...

Many Ohio farmers use precision agriculture tools every day, such as yield maps, GNSS guidance, and variable-rate technology, ...

A $360,000 grant to the Conservation Foundation will allow the Naperville nonprofit to invest in new equipment and grow more for produce for local food pantries. Thanks to the funding awarded by ...

Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

It’s often said that food security is national security. And no single piece of legislation has more impact on ensuring the security of America’s food supply than the farm bill. Every five years, ...

Hilery Gobert is the seventh generation Gobert farmer to cultivate southwest Louisiana land. A native of St. Landry parish, Gobert left his father's farm as a young man, served in the first Brigade of ...

Where is conservation in the ‘Iowa Farm Bill’? With the federal farm bill still uncertain, Iowa legislators are taking it upon themselves to propose a state-level farm bill. While there are some ...