January 7, 2021
“The USDA, along with NOAA, was supportive of the NDMC and its mission right from the start,” NDMC director Mark Svoboda said. “Our cooperative agreements with the USDA have improved efforts to better understand and respond to drought across the country and to tailor information and tools to the needs of USDA staff and the ranchers, producers and constituents they work with. The latest agreement will continue that collaborative process.