The Conservation Stewardship Program, delivered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, is highly popular with farmland owners in North Dakota as a way to increase environmentally-friendly ...

ST. PAUL -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture will make available $100 million this year through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and although applications are accepted all year ...

Some 69 million acres were enrolled in the Conservation Stewardship Program in fiscal 2023, or about 8% of all U.S. farmland, according to a report by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

The Conservation Stewardship Program, championed by former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) two decades ago, shrank fast due to budget cuts and a key structural change in the 2018 farm bill.

US and Ohio Departments of Agriculture offer programs to aid farmers, from stewardship to conservation.

LEWISTON, Minn. -- Minnesota's farmers and conservationists owe themselves a big collective pat on the back. It turns out the Gopher State is a national leader in its utilization of one of the ...