A grant-funded program offers hands-on learning and mentor support to help growers transition to conservation practices.

For the better part of three years, conservation groups across America have been watching the Farm Bill situation with the ...

On May 16, a rare dust storm pushed across northern Illinois, northern Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. Pictured here is the storm approaching Bloomington, Illinois. Soil and Water ...

Farmers are fighting cuts to a federal agency that's been helping them improve their soil since the 1930s.

New research from the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering into biodegradable sensors may change the way farmers track, measure, and respond in real time to their soil's microbial ...

BERKSHIRE, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A Tioga County farm is being recognized for its stewardship of the land. Bottomland Farm in ...

Most of us weren’t around to see the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. But a mixture of drought and poor farming practices saw the topsoil of a half dozen states stripped away. Picture the dusty and desolate ...

Freezing of funds, revamping of programs and cuts to staffing that have come with the new Trump administration transition continue to bring questions in the farm community and those who serve them.

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