The Agriculture Department is launching a $400 million effort with 18 irrigation districts to pay Western farmers to cut back on water use, so long as they promise to keep farming. The funding, ...

At the Blair Farm near Dayton, Iowa, a family has been utilizing their drainage water recycling system for over three years.

The Coshocton Soil and Water Conservation District, United States Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Farm Bureau recently held a policy development workgroup for local stakeholders. Areas of focus ...

Water shortage is a pressing global challenge exacerbated by agricultural practices prioritizing crop production over conservation. While essential for food security, water-intensive farming methods ...

DETROIT LAKES — One of the many bends of the Otter Tail River carves through the grasses of Blue Line Farm, where 700 acres have supported nearly six generations of cattle farmers. Thousands of feet ...

Water is a crucial resource for farmers and ranchers. Beyond keeping their crops, forage and livestock healthy and growing, the water used on the farm is also part of their families’ and communities’ ...

Water use practices for crops and conservation practices to promote healthy environments for waterfowl have been priorities for Arkansas farmers and hunters for decades, and they took center stage at ...

For 17 years, Nate Midcap has spent his winters traveling hundreds of miles across the plains of northeastern Colorado to measure how far water levels have fallen in farmers’ wells. In bad years, he ...

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 ...

Can breeding birds and growing rice combine to help both conservation and agriculture in the basin?