Sponsors representing segments of state government can apply through Sept. 3 for NRCS assistance to repair flood damage in 68 Missouri counties.

In response to the 2019 flooding, USDA announced the availability of $217.5 million in 11 states for conservation easements in damaged floodplains with cropland.

USDA is ready with many resources, including planning assistance and financial assistance programs, to help Missouri farmers and communities recover from 2019 flooding.

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) partnered with Holt County this week on the emergency repair of a levee that was in danger of failing and flooding the town of Fortesque.

Jason Erfling looks out over the hills that were part of the original 280 acres that his mother’s family purchased for $3,000 in 1864 from a Revolutionary War soldier and he can still envision the toll that five previous generations of farming took on the land.