Indianapolis, IN, May 12, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $900,000 for local governments...

Indianapolis, IN, May 8, 2020 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $3 million nationally for...

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will open signup this summer for CLEAR30, a...

Indianapolis, IN, April 29, 2020 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $15 million investment to help support the...

Funding available to help with safe disposal of livestock due to COVID-19 Assistance Available USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation...

As Earth Day’s 50th anniversary approaches, we see a complex, changing world ahead of us. Over the past century, we have seen large...

USDA Indiana NRCS U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Centers are encouraging visitors to take proactive protective measures to help...

Indiana’s agricultural producers who want to improve natural resources and address concerns on their land are encouraged to sign up for...

Indianapolis, IN, February 12, 2020 – State Conservationist Jerry Raynor announced today that Indiana’s USDA Natural Resources...

St Joseph County, IN, October 2, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will make up to $50 million available to help create or...

Fall is here even if it doesn’t feel like autumn weather. I like warm weather and am always sad to have to see it go. Several people...

The Old Farmer's Almanac has released their forecast for this winter. “Mild, with soakers” is how Indiana is labeled. I don’t put a lot...

This week goes to the birds and the bees – and to all of the other pollinators that keep our world growing and productive. June 16-22 is...

(June 10, 2019 - Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement on disaster and...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed more than 70 Walmart stores and 18 Rural King stores in the state have...

At USDA, we celebrate Earth Day 2019 by offering big thank-yous to Indiana farmers and forest landowners for all they do. Every day we...

WASHINGTON – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced today it is seeking public input on its existing national...

Indianapolis, IN, March 6, 2019 – State Conservationist Jerry Raynor announced today that Indiana’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation...

I have seen a lot of pugged pastures the last few weeks. Pugged meaning soil trampled into consolidated mud by hooves. There are a few...

DEKALB, IL. – Today, American Farmland Trust (AFT), the organization behind the national movement “No Farms No Food,” published its Women...