Conservation buffers are strips of land, often planted with native perennials, strategically placed among and around row crops. They have the potential to improve farm productivity, protect vital ...

For Jeremy Gustafson, fighting to protect Iowa’s precious soil and water is more than just advocating for proper land ...

Tom Gile is Minnesota’s Board of Water and Soil Resources Resource Conservation Section manager. He said he’s been a part of the conversation about buffers since the beginning, prior to the ...

The version of the buffer strip plan that passed in an agriculture and environment bill was its third iteration. The plan calls for 50-foot buffer strips on lakes and rivers, […] Skip to content.

Johnson co-manages a corn and soybean farm and owns a livestock and organic grain farm in northern Iowa. She uses both grass and agroforestry buffer strips and other conservation practices. But ...

A new mapping tool shows South Dakota is a big player on the farm conservation scene. The online feature coincides with a new poll, revealing most farmers want stronger funding for climate-smart ...

NI farmers could soon be paid for protecting nature — but the UFU warns the new scheme must work in practice and reward those ...

Smart' farming grant has been targeted to be cut under the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as the Trump ...

Saturated buffers could reduce by 5 to 8 percent the nitrate that's ... Buffer strips key to reducing nitrates in ... a soil scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture national ...

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the opening of DAERA’s new Farming with Nature (FwN) Transition scheme, which aims to ...

Bill Kellogg stands in a buffer strip that filters nutrient runoff from his agricultural fields, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Forest, Ohio. Credit: AP/Joshua A. Bickel ...

WATERLOO -- In Black Hawk County, Larry Weigle should have been called Mr. Buffer Strip. Not many people know more about the conservation practice, and not many people care more about getting them ...