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What are the USDA Climate Hubs?

USDA's Climate Hubs are a unique collaboration across the department's agencies. They are led and hosted by the Agricultural Research Service and Forest Service located at ten regional locations, with contributions from many agencies including the Natural Resources Conservation ServiceFarm Service Agency, and the Risk Management Agency. The Climate Hubs link USDA research and program agencies in their regional delivery of timely and authoritative tools and information to agricultural producers and professionals.

Vision

Robust and healthy agricultural production and natural resources under increasing climate variability and climate change.

Mission

The mission of the Climate Hubs is to develop and deliver science-based, region-specific information and technologies, with USDA agencies and partners, to agricultural and natural resource managers that enable climate-informed decision-making, and to provide access to assistance to implement those decisions. This is in alignment with the USDA mission to provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.


What do the Climate Hubs do?

  • Provide periodic regional assessments of risk and vulnerability to production sectors and rural economies. This includes writing portions of or contributing to the National Climate Assessment prepared by the United States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).
  • Support applied research and development and innovation partnerships for risk management and climate change response.  
  • Work closely with extension organizations, universities, technical service providers, and the private sector to be a source of user-friendly information developed from a wide variety of sources.