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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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Mitchell farmer shares his experience with conservation farming | SDPB
As conservation farming practices continue to grow in popularity, many are looking to states like South Dakota to keep farmland healthy and workable for the future.
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Art installation on Corn Palace promotes conservation farming
Visitors may notice something different at the World’s Only Corn Palace: faces plastered on the walls and the words “In Mitchell, conservation is tradition. Protect it.” Invest in Our Land is a conservation farming advocacy organization who put the message together, hoping to educate Americans about safeguarding the future of U.S. farmland. Rebecca Bartels is the Executive Director of Invest in our land, as well as a Onida, South Dakota native. She said the group wants the focus on the people laying the groundwork for conservation practices, and not just policy.
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Corn Palace becomes canvas for South Dakota farmers in conservation art project
More than a hundred giant portraits of South Dakota farmers cover the walls of the Corn Palace, part of a national public art project unveiled to spotlight agricultural conservation efforts and the producers who use them.
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Conservation advocates applaud federal funding boosts, but worry USDA can’t distribute them
Farmers and conservation organizations welcomed the additional funding for some conservation programs President Donald Trump signed into law this summer. But they also worry there won’t be enough federal staff around to ensure the programs’ success.
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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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Invest In Our Land is committed to bringing farmers and policymakers together to protect the future of American agriculture.
