With high input costs and low commodity prices, many farmers are looking for ways to reduce their costs, even more than normal. Could conservation practices be an answer for your farm? Anthony Bly, ...

Conservation agriculture practices like precision fertilizer application and cover crops can offer a multitude of benefits, including improving soil health, reducing crop losses during severe weather ...

Advocates will likely have to lobby for other legislation to advance their goals, write Christopher Neubert and Kathleen ...

Wendy Johnson, of Charles City, returned to Iowa in 2010 to join her family’s farming operation. She recently won the 2024 Aldo Leopold Conservation Award for her farming and conservation work.

We all know fresh fruits and vegetables are good for our health – but did you know that the soil and surrounding environment the crops grow in also matters to our health and well-being? The ...

As the deadline approaches for Congress to renew the U.S. Farm Bill, agricultural experts and farmers are calling on legislators to prioritize protecting topsoil in the Midwest and throughout the ...

With central Iowa battling high nitrate levels in water sources, BVU and an Iowa family created a center where students can ...

Huron County conservation technician Morgan Swartzenruber received a statewide MAEAP achievement award for leading Michigan ...

$223 million has been awarded from the state to the Virginia Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program for fiscal year 2026. It is the largest investment in the program's history "To ...