Agriculture

Township America for FSA office staff

Look up farm tracts by PLSS section for FSA program enrollment, mapping, and compliance review.

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App view

The Township America view a fsa office staff member sees on a typical lookup.

USDA Farm Service Agency office staff enroll farms into programs, verify maps, and process disaster declarations — all keyed off PLSS descriptions. Township America gives staff a fast lookup that returns the section centroid, polygon, and a satellite overlay without leaving the office workstation. Business adds batch conversion and MCP/AI integration for wiring the lookup into internal FSA tooling.

Before vs after

How the workflow changes.

Today

Look up each PLSS description in a separate plat-book or county viewer
Re-key coordinates into the FSA mapping interface
Verify section centroids when farmers submit handwritten legal descriptions
Toggle between a county plat tool and the FSA program enrollment portal

With Township America

Convert dozens of farm legal descriptions per day in one paste
Confirm section centroids visually on HD satellite imagery
Integrate the converter into internal FSA tooling via the standalone REST API
Export PDF maps for farmer-facing program documentation

Recommended setup

Features that fit a fsa office staff member's day.

Each feature is plan-gated. The recommended plan for this role is Business ($40/mo).

See Business pricing

Starter

PDF export

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Workflow

The most-used feature in a fsa office staff member's workflow.

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Common questions from fsa office staff.

Can the converter be embedded in our internal FSA tooling?

Yes — the REST API is a standalone subscription (Build / Scale / Enterprise). Send a PLSS description as a query parameter and the response returns the centroid coordinates plus the section polygon as GeoJSON. Same resolver the web app uses, with fast typical response times.

Does the converter handle the older meridian notations on legacy farm records?

Yes. Township America covers all 37 principal meridians used in the US PLSS system — including Indian, Cimarron, Black Hills, and the older Ohio land subdivision systems. Auto-detected from the description; no manual meridian selection needed.