The $700 million regenerative agriculture program is riding on the dovetails of the department's "Make America Healthy Again" ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent $700 million initiative for regenerative practices has drawn a mixed review, ...

USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service is embarking on a big hiring push to recruit the staff needed to handle a massive infusion of cash from the Inflation Reduction Act. Positions for ...

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has opened the first round of staff positions to implement $19.5 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding. The first set of entry-level soil ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) established a national Jan. 15, 2026, batching deadline for the first funding round of key conservation programs.

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that ...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Chief Terry Cosby projected that the agency would need to hire 3,000 to 4,000 employees in the next two years. The ...

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.’s application for a farm loan in the mid-1980s, he went to a private lender who made him list as collateral all 20 of his cattle and ...

Apr. 20—INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin signing up for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program from now ...

The USDA paused funding for certain conservation programs and contracts during a sweeping review required by several executive orders. Some agriculture organizations say it will hurt farmers and rural ...

Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that ...