State livestock associations want easier access to idle acres as tight forage supplies limit herd expansion opportunities.

General sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program started Monday and will remain open through April 7. “CRP has and continues to be a great fit for farmers with less productive or marginal cropland ...

GRAND FORKS. N.D. - David Burkland walks through a field of knee-high corn on a late-June morning and studies it with experienced eyes. Its condition isn't ideal, but he's mostly satisfied - ...

Wildfires can create immediate forage shortages for livestock producers. One USDA tool that may help address these shortages is emergency haying and grazing authority on Conservation Reserve Program ...