A Day with USDA at Black Hills Stock Show
Come learn about USDA Services and assistance.
Registration
The event is located in Room 206; The Monument, (Upper Level West) Rapid City during the Black Hills Stock Show.
A day with USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Risk Management Agency (RMA), & Rural Development (RD). Agency experts will be available during this open house type event. Agency experts will be available all day if unable to attend during specific topic time. See Agenda Below
For more information please contact Gail Gullickson at gail.gullickson@usda.gov or Darrel DuVall at darrel.duvall@usda.gov.
Persons needing special accommodations should contact Darrel DuVall.
Agenda
A Day with USDA at BHSS
Learn about dedicated fund pools, new small acreage / specialty producer programs, loans, whole farm revenue insurance and RD’s Rural Energy for America Program/ Value-Added Producer Grant
Loans Plus Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
RMA Whole farm revenue, Livestock Risk Protection, Pasture Rangeland Forage insurance. NRCS drought planning and aftermath grazing infrastructure. FSA Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) & Livestock Forage Program (LFP).
For ranchers, growers, and community leaders. Rural Energy for America Program/ Value-Added Producer Grant, NRCS Conservation programs and fund pools, FSA loans; RMA Livestock Risk Protection
What is it? How does it affect the value of the land, how does it affect you? What are your options? Financial programs to help.
How does the Inflation Reduction Act funding benefit you as ranchers, farmers, and growers in the Great Plains. Come to visit about the funding opportunities available through NRCS.
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)- examples: geothermal heating, update lighting in calving barn/shops, grain dryers, solar panels, wind turbines) (Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) – example: direct sales of beef/lamb to consumer)
Learn about dedicated fund pools, new small acreage / specialty producer programs, FSA loans, RMA whole farm revenue insurance and RD’s Rural Energy for America Program/ Value-Added Producer Grant
Loans Plus Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
RMA Whole farm revenue, Livestock Risk Protection, Pasture Rangeland Forage insurance. NRCS drought planning and aftermath grazing infrastructure. FSA Loans Plus Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) & Livestock Forage Programs (LFP).