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Conference

A Day with USDA at Black Hills Stock Show

Event Date
January 31, 2024
Time
10:00 am to 6:30 pm MST
Location
Rapid City, SD
Cows grazing in pasture

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

10:00 am
USDA Resources for Beginning Farmer/Rancher and Specialty Growers (NRCS, FSA, RMA, RD)

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

11:00 am
USDA Youth and Beginning Farmer/Rancher Loans (FSA)

Loans Plus Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)

12:00 pm
Production Risk Tools from USDA (FSA, NRCS, RMA)

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).

1:00 pm
Utilizing USDA programs on Tribal Trust land (FSA, NRCS, RMA, RD)

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 

2:00 pm
Woody Encroachment of the Great Plain’s Grasslands (NRCS)

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.

3:00 pm
What Inflation Reduction Act funding brings to Financial Assistance programs in the Great Plains (NRCS)

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. 

3:30 pm
Rural Energy for America Program & Value-Added Producer Grant (RD)

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)

4:00 pm
USDA Resources for Beginning Farmer/Rancher and Specialty Growers (FSA, NRCS, RMA, RD)

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

5:00 pm
USDA Youth and Beginning Farmer/Rancher Loans (FSA)

Loans Plus Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)

6:00 pm
Production Risk Tools from USDA (FSA, NRCS, RMA)

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).