US Rep. Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02) led floor debate for Democrats in support of H.R. 1011, the Emergency Conservation Program ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) will begin accepting applications on Monday, April 27, ...

WASHINGTON (KOLN) - On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer’s Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act to expedite agricultural producers’ access to federal ...

The legislation would expand eligibility under the Emergency Forest Restoration Program and Emergency Conservation Program. The House is set to vote this week on legislation that would expand two ...

“Let me be clear, USDA programs only work if they have the funding and staff to deliver them,” said Rep. Jill Tokuda. The House approved legislation Tuesday that would widen two financial support ...

USDA says the Farm Service Agency is accepting Emergency Conservation Program disaster assistance applications.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The USDA is offering disaster assistance to help farmers and livestock producers recover from the wildfires in central and western Nebraska. Four majors wildfires have burned ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner today announced that USDA will begin allocating $11.8 million in Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) funding for 18 states to help producers rehabilitate ...

Extreme drought conditions are hitting farmers hard in Maine, prompting expanded federal relief efforts, according to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry. Last week, ...