Natural resource management is the practice of sustainably using and protecting natural resources. Natural resources include land, water, air, minerals, forests, fish, and wildlife. Managing natural ...

“I started as a customer of NRCS first,” says Aubrey Bettencourt, chief of the USDA agency that helps farmers and ranchers manage natural resources on private lands. As a third-generation California ...

Cover cropping involves growing various plant varieties between cash crop rotations to ensure continuous soil coverage. This practice improves soil water infiltration, builds soil organic matter, ...

HANCOCK COUNTY – About 40 local farmers had a field day learning about various practices designed to make their work more successful. The Hancock County Soil Health Farmer Field Day was held Monday at ...

NRCS is calling on North Dakota field offices to play a pivotal role in gathering critical data for the National Resources Inventory (NRI) program in 2025. The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation ...

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 ...

The word “conservation” isn’t as catchy as buzzwords and phrases like “sustainability,” “regenerative” or “climate smart,” but they’re all at the root of farmers’ and ranchers’ core value of being ...

The Yuba County Resource Conservation District (YCRCD) partners with local landowners to promote sustainable environment management. The origins of Resource Conservation Districts go back to the Dust ...

Hannah Waterhouse was awarded the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research’s New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research ...

Recent research from Trust In Food places ag retailers as a trusted source of conservation information for the average farmer ...

Ken Marchetti and Kristy Wallner are recipients of the 2025 Conservationist of the Year Award from the Eagle County ...

Ross Evelsizer (left), natural resource projects director with Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development, and Mike Bretz (right), a regenerative farmer in Buchanan County, Iowa, stand in a ...