S.D., has introduced the Farmers Freedom Act of 2025 to provide a permanent definition of prior converted cropland -- land farmed prior to Dec. 23, 1985 -- in federal law.

Researchers say even if countries meet Paris Agreement targets on climate change, key agricultural areas could become wetlands or forests A peer-reviewed study published earlier this month estimated ...

According to analysts at FarmDoc, Brazil could increase its crop area by 35%, adding approximately 70 million acres of cropland. This expansion could be facilitated by converting overgrazed and ...

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Klamath County in Oregon and Siskiyou and Modoc counties in California announced Friday that the Bureau of Reclamation is ...

Abstract: Medium spatial resolution remote sensing images are widely used for cropland mapping. In areas where cropland is fragmented, however, the limitation of the spatial resolution may lead to ...

Reported rental rates include both family and unrelated party land rental contracts as well as long-term rental contracts. Rental rates between family members can be lower than those between unrelated ...

The development of utility-scale solar in Tama County appears to have wilted in the late winter sun. There was a notable lack ...

Factors that exacerbate soil acidity include minimal or zero till, which results in the top three inches (7.5 cm) of soil ...