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Welcome to the NRCS Caribbean Area: Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands Web Site!
• USDA-NRCS Funds Emergency Watershed Protection in Puerto Rico (PDF, 222 KB)
• NRCS "The Caribbean" Newsletter - March 2012 issue now available! (PDF, 647 KB)
photo of contour row cropping for plantains in PR.

NRCS Announces National Water Quality Initiative Conservation in Puerto Rico (en Español)

NRCS Caribbean Area Director, Edwin Almodóvar, today announced the launch of a new National Water Quality Initiative committed to improving impaired waterways in western Puerto Rico. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will manage the initiative by making funds available to farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in the Rio Grande de Añasco watershed. All applications for funding consideration during this fiscal year must be received by June 15, 2012.
..More Info on NWQI (en Español)

Photo of highly erodible cropland in the Caribbean

New CRP Highly Erodible Cropland Conservation Initiative

USDA announces a new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) initiative to protect up to 750,000 acres nationwide by helping producers identify their most highly erodible cropland (HEL). CRP provides resources to enable producers to plant wildlife-friendly cover on their land. Producers can enroll land on a continuous basis, beginning this summer, with their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office. FSA local staff will be able to quickly determine a producer’s eligibility in the initiative. For more information, contact your local FSA office.

..More Info on Conservation Reserve Program

FY12 Conservation Program Sign-up Continues

The NRCS Caribbean Area announces that the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) sign-up for 2012 is continuing and applications will be accepted year-round. Caribbean Area agricultural producers will also be able to apply for cost share funding for the EQIP Organic and On-Farm Energy Initiatives.
..More Info on EQIP

Notice to Hispanic & Women Farmers & Ranchers

(Atencion a todos Agricultores o Ganaderos Hispanos y a Mujeres Agricultoras y Ganaderas)

As part of continued efforts to write a new chapter for civil rights and resolve all allegations of past discrimination, USDA has established a process to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who assert that they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm loans.
..More Info on HWFR Claims

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Updated 05/14/2012

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