Check out our monthly Rhode Island FSA - NRCS newsletter for information on programs, funding availability, loans, outreach activities and other USDA happenings in the Ocean State!
Fiscal Year 2024
- May 2024 - RI Envirothon, Farm loans, Climate-smart conservation program signups, Farm equipment replacement webinar, New employees, and Shellfish insurance - check out what we’re doing in the Ocean State!
- April 2024 - RI Success story, Online assistance, Climate-smart conservation program signups, Funding opportunities, and Nursery insurance.
- March 2024 - Disaster assistance, Conservation program signups, Funding opportunities, Safety net & insurance programs, Outreach activities and Women's History Month.
- February 2024 - Disaster assistance, Microloans, Conservation program signup, Black History Month, Crop insurance.
- January 2024 - Disaster assistance, Conservation easements signup, CIG awardees, Urban ag assistance, New employees, Upcoming activities & events.
- November 2023 - Climate-smart ag & forestry, CSP annual payment increase, Diesel tractor/ equipment replacement, Federal urban advisory committee meeting, Tribal scholarships, Upcoming activities & events.
- October 2023 - FY24 Conservation program signup, Tribal Conservation Advisory Committee, Feds Feed Families, Welcome new staff, Join our conservation team, Upcoming activities & events.
Fiscal Year 2023
- September 2023 - Financial assistance & loans; commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; outreach and training the next generation
- August 2023 - Disaster assistance for flood-impacted producers in Northeast, discrimination financial assistance, stay prepared for hurricane season, application deadlines for noninsured crop disaster assistance (NAP), 'Soil Your Undies' soil health challenge, disaster assistance, wetland restoration
- July 2023 - Reminder to file acreage reports, FSA county committee nominations, financial assistance for farm loan borrowers who faced discrimination
- June 2023 - Simplified direct loan applications, gear up for hurricane season, organic transition initiative signup, RI Conservation Innovation Grants, Regional Conservation Partnership Program funding notice, RI Envirothon
- May 2023 - 2022 Census of Agriculture, improved processes for noninsured crops, avoiding scams, signup for farmers transitioning to organic, People's Gardens, conservation webinars, NRCS' 88th birthday, AANHPI month
- April 2023 - Assistance for distressed farmers, disaster & pandemic assistance programs, underserved farmers guide, Farmers.gov expands to include farm records, Second signup for Conservation Program assistance, State Technical Team meeting, underserved producers grants, compost & food waste reduction cooperative agreements, Soil Lab Data mart website
- March 2023 - Commodity safety net, direct loans, climate-smart agriculture funding, easements
- February 2023 - Disaster & pandemic assistance programs, Emergency conservation program, crop year elections, Sakonnet River Watershed water quality improvement funding, RI Women in Agriculture Conference
- January 2023 - Emergency conservation program, 2022 Census of Agriculture, Underserved farmers guide, RI Forest Health Works signup, Wood-Pawcatuck Rivers watershed flood protection project, conservation resolutions, new NRCS website
- December 2022 - Partnerships for climate-smart commodities, customer survey, online document sharing, on-farm food safety funding, Intertribal Agriculture Council conference, RI Forest Health Works RCPP project