Aubrey Bettencourt

How could USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service improve and expand their field level service?   NRCS chief Aubrey Bettencourt said that happens by going mobile.  She noted moving in that direction will allow NRCS staff to have more time and resources to work with farmers and landowners.  But, what does goi...

It was a celebration of 90 years of service at USDA headquarters Friday.   “In what other place in the world has an agency of the federal government dedicated 90 years to this effort, and how amazing and what all we have accomplished,” NRCS Chief Aubrey Bettencourt said during last week's event, recognizing the agency a historical perspective, both its role in conservation nationwide, and on her