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RCA Data Downloads

Data in Excel format (machine readable flat files), for selected Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act (RCA) conservation program reports, can be downloaded from this page.

Data Viewer Reports:

Conservation Practice Reports:

Following is a set of Conservation Practice Summaries using the National Planning and Agreements Database (NPAD). 

Data and Reports

RCA Data Viewer

New data visualization tools are now available. Users can graph, map, and download customized datasets based on practices applied through NRCS programs and survey data on land use, soil erosion, and prime farmland from the National Resources Inventory (NRI).

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Schirmer Farms (Batesville) Operations Manager Brandon Schirmer, sprays defoliant on one of the fields at his father's multi-crop 1,014-acre farm, in Batesville, TX, on August 12, 2020. Mr. Schirmer has already contacted the Texas Department of Agriculture to let them know that he will be spraying a defoliant to promote the cotton plant's leaves to drop off and bolls to open in preparation for harvest approximately 14-days later. The plant remains alive and will continue to produce cotton unless the field