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The US West has always experienced droughts. As of August 2021, 99 percent of the United States west of the Rockies is in drought, as severe a measurement as any in the historical record.

USDA invests $21 million to help producers build drought resilience

USDA
November 1, 2021
Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $21 million as part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) collaboration with the Department of Interior’s (DOI) WaterSMART Initiative to help ranchers and farmers conserve water and build drought resilience on their operations and in their communities. These investments complement projects by irrigation […]