The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) offers technical and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers to maintain high standards of resource conservation and environmental stewardship while ...

If Congress succeeds in passing a farm bill this year, look for the nation’s largest conservation program – focused on improving farm and ranch environmental and resource management – to see, at best, ...

The Conservation Stewardship Program is a favorite with many producers because it allows them to receive payments for actively managing, maintaining and expanding conservation activities on acreage ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - It may not be as well known as the Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, but the Conservation Stewardship Program, or CSP, is the nation's largest working lands program with more ...

LEWISTON, Minn. -- Minnesota's farmers and conservationists owe themselves a big collective pat on the back. It turns out the Gopher State is a national leader in its utilization of one of the most ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Ohio Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting applications from landowners interested in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) to build on ...

The biggest farmland conservation program has shrunk dramatically since the last farm bill, with no sign Congress will change direction. A program created by the “father of modern conservation” to ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. The House ...

Earlier this month, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, introduced a draft Farm Bill that runs counter to what farmers need. The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), a ...

Several USDA programs are directed toward helping farmers and ranchers achieve their conservation goals. They include voluntary land retirement programs to protect natural resources, improve water ...

WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program, USDA’s largest conservation ...