USDA’s reorganization plan in 2025 drew criticism over the number of job cuts and headcount reduction’s potential impact on farmers, with fears it would hinder field office staff and county offices, ...

Farmers who met with lawmakers in the capital last week say these county-level staff are essential to effective conservation ...

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 ...

A network of farmers who have benefited from Agriculture Department conservation programs and are organized by Invest in Our Land held a reception on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening to thank members of ...

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 ...

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 process for the Natural Resource Conservation Service to approve new conservation practices is slow, bureaucratic and without clear guidelines. The NRCS often requires years for a practice to be ...

MANKATO, Minn. — United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack picked Minnesota to announce the next round of historic USDA investments. Vilsack announced on Wednesday that USDA is investing $1.5 ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for the Organic Transition Initiative. The program provides financial and technical assistance for ...