USDA Announces New “Conservation Client Gateway”

One of the things most dreaded by almost everyone is the trip to the local DMV to get their driver’s license.  You walk in the door grab #72 and realize that the current number is #48 and you have a long wait ahead of you.

For most farmers, the trip to their local FSA office is probably not as painful.  The USDA just announced a new “Conservation Client Gateway” that allows most of the conservation related compliance to be done online.  This can certainly speed up the process and eliminate some of those trips to the local FSA office.  Here are the items that the new gateway enable:

• Request NRCS technical and financial assistance;
• Review and sign conservation plans and practice schedules;
• Complete and sign an application for a conservation program;
• Review, sign and submit contracts and appendices for conservation programs;
• Document completed practices and request certification of completed practices;
• Request and track payments for conservation programs; and
• Store and retrieve technical and financial files, including documents and photographs.

Here is a link to the Gateway.

Here is the FAQ page.