USDA deems most of Conservation Reserve pollinator-friendly

Three of every five acres in the long-term Conservation Reserve provides “healthy habitat and forage” for honeybees and other pollinators, said USDA, as part of National Pollinator Week. Some 269,000 acres are enrolled in a program that focuses on pollinator health but a review found 15 million of the 23.4 million acres in the reserve have… » Read More

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