Sustainable inputs and conservation practices improve soil health. (Natural Resources Conservation Service photo) Some 69 million acres were enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program in fiscal ...

The Conservation Stewardship Program is a favorite with many producers because it allows them to receive payments for actively managing, maintaining and expanding conservation activities on acreage ...

Through January 17, 2014, producers interested in participating in the program may submit applications to NRCS. “The Conservation Stewardship Program encourages farmers, ranchers and forest landowners ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from landowners interested in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to build on ...

HOT SPRINGS – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is nothing new. CSP has been around since the 2008 Farm Bill authorized the program for 2009-2012, then ...

PLEASANT GROVE, Minn. — Olmsted County Natural Resources Conservation Service district conservationist Dave Copeland rolled out details of the new Conservation Stewardship Program last week to an ...

Four major farm bill conservation programs would see a significant, permanent boost to their funding levels under the sweeping budget reconciliation bill that Republicans pushed through the House. The ...

The biggest farmland conservation program has shrunk dramatically since the last farm bill, with no sign Congress will change direction. A program created by the “father of modern conservation” to ...

The farm bill is one of the largest pieces of legislation in our country. It affects what farmers grow and how they grow it, as well as where the fruits of our labor end up around the world. While ...

Iowa landowners are used to hearing “no” when they apply for federal conservation funding. Fewer than one-quarter of Iowa applications for cost sharing through the Environmental Quality Incentives ...

The deadline for producers to apply for the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Conservation Stewardship Program has been extended to Jan. 7. The program, authorized in 2008, offers payments to ...

Pennsylvania has a proud farming heritage, and the rolling hills of Butler County are no exception. Our farm was founded in 1868 and has seen six generations of Thieles working the same ground. Today, ...