water quality

Funding is now available through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Regional Conservation Partnership Program to improve U.S. water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability...

USDA is providing farm owners and producers one additional week, until April 7, to choose between Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage. If no changes are made to yield history or base acres by the deadline, the farm's current yield and base acres will be used...

Dairy operators in the Yakima Valley have reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to improve water quality in their community. The agreement provides for long-term certainty for the dairy operators and strong, enforceable measures to protect groundwater...

A new study from the EPA says multiple locations in the lower valley had nitrates above ten parts per million, and that's considered unsafe to drink. The Environmental Protection Agency held a public meeting this week to discuss possible solutions. It'...