WASHINGTON, D.C. (RFD-TV) — The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is seeing record levels of funding for conservation efforts.
NRCS Chief Colton Buckley says the agency now has more money available to support producers than ever before.
“I’m super optimistic about the conservation movement and American production agriculture under our administration. Through the passage of the Working Families Tax Cut, NRCS has received a 40% increase in its baseline, providing more conservation technical and financial assistance on the ground. Under the leadership of Secretary Brooke Rollins and Under Secretary Richard Fordyce, as well as myself, in being the chief of NRCS, we are laser focused on streamlining the work product out of our offices into the field to support producers. Like I mentioned earlier, I put up more money in the agency on the ground to support producers than ever before in the agency’s history.”
NRCS originally planned to spend $700 million on conservation programs this year, but Buckley says the agency has already signed contracts worth $860 million.
