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USDA Staffing Shortages Strain FSA and NRCS Services Across Rural America
WASHINGTON (DTN) — Farmers in Polk County, Iowa, still have a Farm Service Agency office to visit. But when they arrive, four out of five days, that office will be closed. Calls are rerouted and employees from other counties come in to staff the office.
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STUDY | The Unfinished Farm Bill: First Reading of Proposed Senate Legislation by Jonathan Coppess
On June 23, 2026, Senator John Boozman (R-AR), chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (ANF), released legislative text for the unfinished provisions of the traditional Farm Bill. Chairman Boozman is calling the legislation “Farm Bill 2.0” (Senate ANF, “Farm Bill 2.0” and Press Release, June 23, 2026). This article provides a first
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Record cover crop sign-ups north of Des Moines
By Rebekah Jones, Iowa Soybean Association | When it comes to trying cover crops, sometimes having the right program to support the cost can make all the difference. That was apparent in this year’s results for state cost-share signups in the Greater Des Moines Watershed area.
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USDA Adds $300M to Regen Ag Program
WASHINGTON (DTN) — USDA is putting another $300 million into its Regenerative Pilot Program (RPP) in fiscal year 2027, bringing total funding for the program to $1 billion as the agency expands a conservation initiative focused on soil health and whole-farm regenerative practices. The program operates through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Conservation
Read More USDA Adds $300M to Regen Ag ProgramNEWS RELEASE: Invest in Our Land Statement on USDA Expansion of the Regenerative Pilot Program
WASHINGTON, D.C., Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – Today, Invest in Our Land issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement increasing financial assistance for the Regenerative Pilot Program from $700 million to $1 billion for Fiscal Year 2027. The funding will be allocated through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
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Inside the USDA’s New ‘Regenerative Pilot Program’
In June, regenerative farming advocates celebrated after President Donald Trump issued the first executive order (EO) ever dedicated to “advancing regenerative agriculture.” “This EO now engages the administration’s resources into supporting regenerative agriculture on an expanded scale,” researcher Jonathan Lundgren wrote on LinkedIn. “We are cautiously optimistic that this first step will support our bottom-up
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Iowa cover crop enrollment surges
By Corey Munson, Iowa Farm Bureau | Enrollment in state cover crop cost-share programs is shattering records, exceeding 1 million acres statewide and topping 300,000 acres in the Greater Des Moines Watershed following recent funding increases, Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig said last week at the Farm Progress Show in Boone.
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Op-ed: Washington is cutting the conservation programs that gave me a start in farming
By Gabe Arveson of Trail, Minnesota | I’m 23 years old, and I raise soybeans, spring wheat, oats and a small herd of beef cattle near Trail, in northwest Minnesota. I love being a farmer. But keeping a farm going is another thing entirely when you’re just starting out. One reason I can is that
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