Iowa NRCS Area Resource Soil Scientist Jason Steele uses his farming experience to train NRCS staff and build stronger relationships with farmers Soil scientist – to many people – may sound like a ...

Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Aubrey Bettencourt (USDA photo). The Natural Resources Conservation Service’s new chief says the agency is trying to “go mobile” with aims to have its ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Pacific Islands Area is now accepting applications for fiscal year 2025 assistance programs. Farmers, ...

The process for the Natural Resource Conservation Service to approve new conservation practices is slow, bureaucratic and without clear guidelines. The NRCS often requires years for a practice to be ...

Last December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new ...

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is celebrating National Volunteer Week by thanking and honoring its statewide network of Earth Team volunteers for their service to conservation. Earth ...

The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a major milestone, the agency is dealing with job losses, massive proposed ...

Conservation dollars don’t implement themselves. Precision agriculture upgrades, cover crop contracts, grazing plans and ...

The the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is funding a conservation outreach coordinator at the Washington Association of Wheat Growers. Applications for the position are due March 15. The ...

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is struggling to meet the Biden administration's growing climate and sustainability goals — and handle billions in new conservation funds — due to challenges ...

Through its conservation programs the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) deliver both technical assistance and funding to farmers to encourage ...

Clint Evans, USDA’s State Conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Colorado announced funding opportunities for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the ...