Texas Farmers and Ranchers Help Voluntary USDA Conservation Program Reach 50M-Acre Mark

NRCS Celebrates Success of 4-Year-Old Conservation Stewardship Program

Thanks to conservation efforts of Texas farmers and ranchers and other conservation-minded agriculture producers, 50 million acres have been enrolled in USDA’s CSP in just four years. CSP is a program that helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners take conservation to the next level.

Settling the Dust

“You couldn’t see. You couldn’t breathe. You couldn’t go outside for days,” remembers Eugene Littlefield. “It was awful.”
 

USDA Drought Code Sprint: Giving Americans One-Click Access to Federal Drought Relief

Through the Drought Code Sprint we're making the call to developers across the country to use publically available government information to help farmers, ranchers, and others to gain quick and reliable "one-click" access to information on drought conditions and Federal drought relief.

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food  (KYF2)

Know your Farmer, Know your Food is a USDA initiative with the mission to “strengthen the critical connection between farmers and consumers and supports local and regional food systems."