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From: "Makuch, Joseph" <Joseph.Makuch@ars.usda.gov>
Date: Oct 23, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: [ENVIRO-NEWS] USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
To: <Enviro-News@ars.usda.gov>
From: USDA Office of Communications [mailto:usda@public.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:02 AM
Subject: USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
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Release No. 0333.12
Contact:
Office of Communications (202)720-4623
USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to help producers rebound from drought have touched more than one million acres of farmland across the country as nearly 2,000 producers took advantage of conservation funding targeted to drought-stricken areas by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS made more than $27 million available to farmers and ranchers to make conservation improvements, spurring recovery and ensuring lands are more drought resistant in the future.
"This tremendous response reflects the severity of this year's drought conditions, "Agriculture Secretary Vilsack said."The level of producer participation is also a testament to the hard work of USDA and other federal agencies to help farmers and ranchers weather one of the worst droughts in decades."
NRCS provided financial and technical assistance to help crop and livestock producers in 22 states apply conservation practices, including conservation tillage, cover crops, nutrient management, prescribed grazing, livestock watering facilities and water conservation practices. These actions build healthier soil that lead to better harvests and cleaner water and air.
"The conservation investments made by these producers today will continue to improve the resilience of their lands in the face of drought as well as other natural events that are out of their control," Vilsack said. "The farmers and ranchers that have voluntarily implemented conservation improvements have taken an important step toward building drought resistance into their operations."
Exceptional drought continues to dominate sections of Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, causing widespread losses of crops and pastures and water shortages in reservoirs, streams and wells.
Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina and Utah are under extreme drought, with accompanying major losses of crops and pasture, widespread water shortages and restrictions on water use.
See the total NRCS drought assistance received by each state < http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/?cid=STELPRDB1048818 >.
Producers and landowners are encouraged to visit the NRCS website < http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ > or stop by their local NRCS office < http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nrcs > to find out if they are eligible for drought assistance.
Learn more about WHIP and EQIP and other NRCS programs < http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs >.
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From: "Makuch, Joseph" <Joseph.Makuch@ars.usda.gov>
Date: Oct 23, 2012 10:23 AM
Subject: [ENVIRO-NEWS] USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
To: <Enviro-News@ars.usda.gov>
From: USDA Office of Communications [mailto:usda@public.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:02 AM
Subject: USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
[deletions]
Release No. 0333.12
Contact:
Office of Communications (202)720-4623
USDA Drought Assistance Minimizes Impacts While Spurring Improvements on 1M Acres of American Farmland
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to help producers rebound from drought have touched more than one million acres of farmland across the country as nearly 2,000 producers took advantage of conservation funding targeted to drought-stricken areas by USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS made more than $27 million available to farmers and ranchers to make conservation improvements, spurring recovery and ensuring lands are more drought resistant in the future.
"This tremendous response reflects the severity of this year's drought conditions, "Agriculture Secretary Vilsack said."The level of producer participation is also a testament to the hard work of USDA and other federal agencies to help farmers and ranchers weather one of the worst droughts in decades."
NRCS provided financial and technical assistance to help crop and livestock producers in 22 states apply conservation practices, including conservation tillage, cover crops, nutrient management, prescribed grazing, livestock watering facilities and water conservation practices. These actions build healthier soil that lead to better harvests and cleaner water and air.
"The conservation investments made by these producers today will continue to improve the resilience of their lands in the face of drought as well as other natural events that are out of their control," Vilsack said. "The farmers and ranchers that have voluntarily implemented conservation improvements have taken an important step toward building drought resistance into their operations."
Exceptional drought continues to dominate sections of Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming, causing widespread losses of crops and pastures and water shortages in reservoirs, streams and wells.
Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, South Carolina and Utah are under extreme drought, with accompanying major losses of crops and pasture, widespread water shortages and restrictions on water use.
See the total NRCS drought assistance received by each state < http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/?cid=STELPRDB1048818 >.
Producers and landowners are encouraged to visit the NRCS website < http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ > or stop by their local NRCS office < http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nrcs > to find out if they are eligible for drought assistance.
Learn more about WHIP and EQIP and other NRCS programs < http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/national/programs >.
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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).
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Enviro-News is a service of the Water Quality
Information Center at the National Agricultural
Library. The center's Web site is at
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/.
The Enviro-News list facilitates information exchange.
Inclusion of an item in Enviro-News does not imply
United States Department of Agriculture(USDA) agreement,
nor does USDA attest to the accuracy or completeness of
the item. See
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/environews.shtml#disclaimer
You can contact the list owner at
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