Under a 40-year-old law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture can withhold subsidies, like crop insurance and disaster payments, from farmers who clear, drain or convert wetlands. A company that ...

A Midwest farmland owner tests a longstanding wetland conservation law called 'swampbuster' Harvest Public Media | By Rachel Cramer Published January 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM CST ...

The Conservation Reserve Program incentivizes farmers to take environmentally sensitive land out of production. Project 2025 says the Trump administration should champion its elimination.

Powell Gardens launched the Midwest Center for Regenerative Agriculture in partnership with Good Oak LLC. MCRA is a new program that advocates for land conservation.

Environmental conservation efforts have met with bipartisan support in recent years. That trend will be tested Nov. 5, when a half-dozen conservation referendums will be on Midwest ballots, many ...

The Midwest Center for Regenerative Agriculture program advocates for land conservation by practicing sustainable farming methods and producing native fruits and vegetables.

They also determined that species of tall prairie grasses and flowers, which were native to the Midwest prior to white settlers entering the region in the 1830’s after the U.S. government ...

A new study published today in the journal Conservation Biology has found that songbirds modify their migration patterns when migrating through the vast agricultural landscape of the Midwest known ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — Conservation departments around the Midwest spend millions of dollars each year to remove invasive Asian carp. Agents introduced the fish in the 1970s to combat algae in ...

The Conservation Reserve Program incentivizes farmers to take environmentally sensitive land out of production. Project 2025 says the Trump administration should champion its elimination.