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Give a Dam

May 31, 2022 Lark Gilmer, USDA NRCS Communications Specialist

This year marks the 133 rd anniversary of the dam breach that took the lives of more than 2,200 people and galvanized the nation to ensure such a tragic event could not happen again. On May 31, 1889, torrential rain and subsequent flooding caused the South Fork Dam to fail near Johnstown...

Conservation

An Assorted Bouquet of Data in Latest Floriculture Report

May 31, 2022 Jodi Halvorson, Public Affairs Specialist, National Agricultural Statistics Service

April showers bring May flowers and for USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), this means the release of 2021 floriculture data. Look for more flora in this data bouquet; NASS expanded the floriculture program to cover all 50 states and more than 30 new crops.

Plants Research and Science