Natural Resources Conservation Service has enabled Jeff Pollard to improve his operation's cattle grazing strategies.

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All of Greg Thoren's cows are technically identified by the number on their ear tag. But when he drives around his pastures ...

Freezing of funds, revamping of programs and cuts to staffing that have come with the new Trump administration transition continue to bring questions in the farm community and those who serve them.

On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...

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 ...

Conservation tillage practices such as no-till and strip tillage play a key role in soil health and resilience. But ...

Editor’s note: America’s Conservation Ag Movement has embraced farmer-to-farmer knowledge transfer as a key pillar in the strategy to accelerate regenerative ag practice adoption. At the center of the ...

Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts are requesting more state funding to continue their education programs for farmers and protect the state's soil and water resources.