USDA Farm Service Agency Strategic Plan FY 2005-2011

The USDA Farm Service Agency Strategic Plan FY 2005-2011 is a national sectoral strategic plan of the United States of America. Its main objective is to equitably serving all farmers, ranchers, and agricultural partners by delivering effective, efficient agricultural programs for all Americans.
More specifically, the Strategic Plan aims to support productive farms and ranches; increase percentage of beginning farmers, racial and ethnic minority farmers, and women farmers financed by FSA; maintain or reduce loss rates for direct loans; maintain or reduce loss rates for guaranteed loans; reduce average processing time for direct loans; reduce average processing time for guaranteed loans; maintain participation rate for direct and counter-cyclical payment programs; maintain or increase percentage of program benefits delivered through a Web environment; increase percentage of eligible crops with Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program coverage (NAP); reduce or maintain average processing time for emergency and disaster program benefits; support secure and affordable food and fiber; maintain or increase percent capacity of approved and licensed storage facilities; reduce average time between warehouse examinations; increase percentage of food aid delivered within contract specifications; conserve natural resources and enhancing the environment; maintain or increase percent of acres in compliance with highly erodible land and wetland provisions; increase acres managed under Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up; increase general sign up acres in priority areas; reduce average processing time of conservation offers through partnerships and technology; increase Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres of riparian and grass buffers; and increase Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) restored wetlands acres.