Articles Tagged with ''Natural Resources Conservation Service''

The Natural Resources Conservation Service will have to come up with a new rule explaining how it plans to determine whether farmers have wetlands on their property, after a federal judge tossed a 2020 rule in response to a lawsuit from the National Wildlife Federation.

States are trying to meet land conservation goals and protect agricultural acreage, but securing enough money – and enough land to do that has been difficult across the country.

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is releasing $1 million from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program to help farmers in California recover from damage caused by last month’s flooding.

Supporters of the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation funding are determined to protect it from attempts to shift some of the money into other farm programs.

The tax bill that sailed through the House this week is facing a major GOP speed bump in the Senate.

Funding for farm bill conservation programs has risen sharply, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. But demand is growing, too.

Snowpack conditions are among the lowest levels ever recorded at many measuring stations in the Natural Resources Conservation Service Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) Network.

USDA will be in the crosshairs this week as House Republicans try to satisfy demands from their right flank.