Ever since taking over Green Field Point Farm from his in-laws 18 years ago, Bruce Mulligan has tried to keep the farm green. “We like anything we can do sustainable to better the environment and the ...

Over a thousand years ago, the Maya civilization was dealing with an unpredictable climate. In response to natural obstacles including overpopulation and drought, the Maya developed intricate farming ...

A new report from Union of Concerned Scientists pushes for wetland protections in a new Farm Bill. (Photo courtesy of USDA) A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists found wetlands in the ...

WEST FARGO, N.D. -- The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service promised by September to come up with a just solution for wetland determination backlogs ...

John Gilbert’s father spent years trying to convert a flood-prone patch of land on their nearly 800-acre farm in Hardin County, Iowa, to more cropland. “We fought with that land for many years,” said ...

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Between the 2018 Farm Bill, USDA’s interim final rule for “Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation” programs and the Environmental Protection Agency’s revised Clean Water Rule we’ve been talking ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. - South Dakota's first agricultural wetland mitigation bank might soon be open for business through the support of a number of South Dakota farm groups. The wetland mitigation bank ...

In helping keep their environmental practices in order, the owners of Green Field Point Farm in Street plan to restore a wetland area on the property through funding provided by the Harford Land Trust ...