Conservation Programs

Farm organizations across the country welcome the U.S. Senate’s overwhelming, bipartisan passage of the farm bill—the Federal Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013....More

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Federal government must increase collaboration with producers, researchers and industry to develop the next generation of solutions that will help agriculture mitigate and adapt to modern climate challenges...More

Wednesday's farm bill debate on the Senate floor ranged over a number of issues including the tie-in of crop insurance and conservation, GMO labeling and the sugar program....More

Texas officials took to columns of a newspaper to call for Mexico to honor treaty obligations requiring it to deliver more than 400,000 acre feet of water to drought-stricken farmers and municipalities in the Rio Grande Valley....More

Reopening of peanut plant in New Mexico draws applause from workers and growers, some of who questioned the plants closing...More