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Kirk Hanlin calls soil, "dirt where you want it." Hanlin, assistant chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), grew up on the banks of…
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The farm bill expired at the end of September which means funding for conservation programs has dried up too, but that’s not true for not all conservation…
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The USDA wants farmers to use a new conservation practice to help control the water levels in their fields.The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation…
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The federal government will pay farmers not to damage wetlands this year,but there have been delays.The Wetland Reserve Program purchases certain land…
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A program across Illinois and Iowa is looking at ways for farmers to help reduce the amount of greenhouse gases they produce, and to be compensated for…
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The future remains uncertain for a federal conservation program that helps restore wetlands across the Midwest. The Wetlands Reserve Program provides…