Agricultural Economist

This position is located on the State Program Staff located in an NRCS State Office. The incumbent provides program assistance as an economist for Farm Bill Programs. Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC). FPAC is USDA's focal point for the nation's farmers, ranchers, and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands.

• Provides staff leadership for the economic phases of natural resource planning activities through the analysis of data. This includes conducting presentations of material relating to economics and overall natural resources planning.
• Participates in the formulation, analysis and implementation of group resource conservation plans. This includes preparing or assisting with plans, reports, and supporting documents which deal with economics.
• Estimates benefits of planned works of improvement. This involves working closely with the project coordinator to convert structural costs to average annual costs and to determine average annual costs of operation and maintenance.
• Participates in planning and environmental evaluation and is responsible for the development of economic and social impacts for various natural resource projects and conservation programs.