Search

General Services: Research: National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA): Biomass Research and Development - Funds research and development projects leading to the production of bio-based industrial products. Jointly managed by USDA and the Department of Energy.(...)

General Services: Research: Agricultural Research Service (ARS): Agricultural Research - Research and advisory function. Acquires, maintains, and disseminates information. Includes National Agricultural Library functions. Conducts research on a wide variety of topics, including soil and water conservation, plant and animal sciences, human nutrition, and integrated agricultural systems.

General Services: Extension and advisory services: Farm Service Agency (FSA) Conservation Reserve Program Technical Assistance - Extension, advisory, and training service functions. USDA agencies provide various technical services to help producers participate in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).

General Services: Extension and advisory services: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Conservation Operations - Extension, advisory, and training service functions. In providing technical assistance, USDA agencies explain and determine eligibility for conservation programs, help develop individual conservation plans, help install approved practices, provide information and educational assistance, and consult with universities and other government agencies. NRCS also conducts soil surveys, assesses erosion factors, and conducts snow surveys.

General Services: Extension and advisory services: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Technical Assistance for Farm Bill Conservation Programs - NRCS provides extension and advisory services to help producers participate in USDA conservation programs notified under para. 12.

Payments for relief from natural disasters: Farm Service Agency (FSA): Emergency loans - Emergency loans provides emergency funding and technical assistance for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.

Payments for relief from natural disasters: Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP): WHIP covered production losses due to hurricanes, wildfires, and other weather-related losses during 2017. WHIP+ covered production losses due to these natural disasters in 2018 and 2019. Producers must have suffered a loss due to an eligible disaster event in a primary county that received a qualifying Presidential Emergency Disaster Declaration or Secretarial Disaster Designation or have experienced an extreme or exceptional drought. Eligible commodities include crops, trees, bushes, and vines. Producers of uninsured eligible commodities could receive a payment under WHIP if the loss exceeded 35% of production; (...).

Environmental programmes: Farm Service Agency (FSA): Emergency Conservation Programme – Assists in funding emergency conservation measures to restore farmland damaged by natural disasters.

Environmental programmes: Farm Service Agency (FSA): Conservation loans - Loans are made to cover costs of implementing qualifying conservation projects. Reported expenditure is interest subsidy for direct and guaranteed loans. (...)

Environmental programmes: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS): Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentives Program (VPA-HIP) - Provides grants to State and tribal governments to implement programs to encourage farmers and ranchers to develop enhanced wildlife habitat and allow public access on their lands for wildlife dependent recreation. (...)