Genetically engineered crops are supposed to make it easier for farmers to protect the earth by plowing less. But the record is spotty.
With the many economic and environmental challenges farmers currently face, there is an increasingly important role for agricultural lenders, crop insurers and landowners to integrate the financial value of conservation into their own business practices and policies.
You’ve seen these terms often: “drought tolerant” and “water-wise.” For water conservation and sustainable gardening, Master Gardeners recommend plants that are adapted to the long, hot, dry summer…
People in many parts of the world feed birds in their backyards, often due to a desire to help wildlife or to connect with nature. In the United States alone, over 57 million households in the feed backyard birds, spending more than $4 billion annually on bird food.
Non-operating landowners are generally in favor of conservation programs and practices, as are the farmers who operate on their land. But there is often a disconnect between the two in actually getting going in conservation.
Agricultural lenders, crop insurers and landowners are critical to scaling conservation. Why it's in their financial interest to do so.
Report shows conservation may benefit the bottom line in a farming operation.
Regenerative grazing increases plant diversity and productivity with benefits for bees, butterflies and birds.
NRCS offers easement programs to landowners who want to maintain or enhance their land in a way beneficial to agriculture and/or the environment.
For producer Kurt Stiefvater, making sure his conservation practices are actually helping has been a huge sticking point.