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‘Like a ghost town’: Employee exodus hammers farm conservation agency
A federal agency that provides critical land management assistance to American farmers has quietly gone dark in swaths of rural America. Agriculture Department offices for the government’s Natural Resources Conservation Service are operating with skeleton crews across the country — or no staff at all, in some cases — at a time when farmers want
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Regenerative Ag and MAHA Now Linked | By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor
USDA will spend up to $700 million to help more farmers use regenerative agricultural practices as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. The pilot program will use $400 million from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and $300 million from the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) and will also leverage private funding to promote conservation practices such as cover crops while helping farmers reduce the use of chemicals such as pesticides. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the pilot program on Wednesday with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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A special photo display promoting conservation funding is coming to Mitchell
Giant portraits celebrating American farmers and ranchers will be on display during Dakotafest and the Corn Palace Festival here in Mitchell next week.
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A celebration of conservation is coming to Dakotafest and the Corn Palace Festival
A special art display celebrating conservation in agriculture is coming together just in time for Dakotafest and Corn Palace Festival. A news conference and unveiling of photographs of Mitchell area producers is set for 5pm Thursday at the Corn Palace. It’s called the “Inside Out Project” billed as the largest participatory art project in the world. The event is part of the “Invest in Our Land” to call attention to the importance of conservation in agriculture.
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Celebration held for the importance of conservation to local farmers
On Wednesday at Dakotafest, the Invest in Our Land organization celebrated the transformative impact of Federal conservation programs that have helped local farmers.
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5 questions with … Crystal Neuharth, Dakotafest Woman Farmer/Rancher of the Year nominee
Crystal Neuharth of Fort Pierre, South Dakota, is one of the nominees for Dakotafest Woman Farmer/Rancher of the Year. She and her husband operate their crop and goat farm, along with advocating for soil health and conservation.
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From the Corn Palace to Capitol Hill: South Dakota Farmers to Launch A Visual Message to Protect Conservation Funding
On Wednesday, August 20 and Thursday, August 21, Invest in Our Land, an organization that elevates the voices of farmers across the country to educate Americans about the importance of safeguarding the future of American farms, will hold a series of events during the 2025 Dakotafest taking place in Mitchell, S.D.
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USDA reorganization critiqued ahead of hearing
Ahead of a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s plans to reorganize the Agriculture Department, two former officials and a prominent professor of food studies said today they think the proposal is a bad idea.
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Invest in Our Land in Action
Invest In Our Land is committed to bringing farmers and policymakers together to protect the future of American agriculture.
