AG Week

NRCS turns 90 this year but the agency was mapped long before its inception

A 90th anniversary celebration of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service on April 24 highlighted the agency's evolution and commitment to conservation. The celebration included remarks by USDA ...
Agri-Pulse

Cosby: Efforts underway to hire 1,600 NRCS employees by fall

The Natural Resources Conservation Service should see 1,600 new employees by early this fall after being granted direct hiring authority last week, NRCS Chief Terry Cosby told Agri-Pulse Thursday. On ...
The Journal

NRCS celebrates 90th anniversary

Ninety years ago, on April 27, 1935, the National Resources Conservation Service was established with the signing of the Soil Conservation Act amidst the Dust Bowl. In 2025, leaders of NRCS, sung its ...
Agri-Pulse

Getting Grounded: Inside USDA’s efforts to staff up to meet farmers’ environmental challenges

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Conservationists look over a design at the Carroll County Maryland Field Service Center in Westminster, Maryland, Feb. 6, 2020 (USDA/FPAC photo by ...