Ku-$ 64.7 billion, izitshalo ezikhethekile zihlanganisa ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yamarisidi ezitshalo zase-US kanye nengxenye eyodwa kwesithupha yamarisidi ayo yonke imikhiqizo yezolimo ngo-2017. Izitshalo eziningi ezikhethekile zisebenza kanzima ekukhiqizeni, ekuvuneni, noma ekucutshungulweni. Ngokwesibonelo, ukuvuna ngokuvamile kudinga izisebenzi ukuba zihlukanise ngokunembile izithelo nemifino evuthiwe nezingakavuthwa futhi zibuthe, zihlunge, noma zipakishe isithelo noma imifino ngesandla ngaphandle kokulimala.
Ukwehla kwesikhathi eside kokuhlinzekwa kwabasebenzi basemapulazini e-US kukhuthaze abakhiqizi ukuthi bakhethe izitshalo ezingadingi abasebenzi abaningi, batshale izimali kubuchwepheshe bokulondoloza abasebenzi, futhi bakhe amasu okwandisa umkhiqizo wabasebenzi.
Iningi lezinhlelo ze-USDA zisekela ukuthuthukiswa nokusetshenziswa kwemishini ezenzakalelayo ekukhiqizweni nasekucutshungulweni kwezitshalo ezikhethekile zase-US.
Kusukela ngo-2008-2018 lezi zinhlelo ku-Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), i-Agricultural Research Service (ARS), kanye neNational Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) zixhase ngemali engu-$287.7 million kumaphrojekthi angu-213 ukuthuthukisa nokuthuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kwemishini ezenzakalelayo noma imishini. ekukhiqizeni nasekucutshungulweni kwezitshalo okukhethekile.
Amaphrojekthi ahlanganisa inhlobonhlobo yobuchwepheshe, okuhlanganisa usizo lomsebenzi kanye nemishini ezenzakalelayo; ukufunda komshini nokuhlaziywa kwedatha; ukuvuna nokucubungula ngomshini; ukunemba kwezolimo; inzwa eyikude nama-drones; kanye nezinzwa.
Uhlelo ngalunye lwe-USDA luklanywe ngendlela ehlukile ukuze kuzuzwe izinjongo ezihlukile, nakuba uhlelo ngalunye lukhuluma ngokuthuthukiswa nokusetshenziswa kokuzenzakalela noma umshini ezitshalweni ezikhethekile ngandlela thize. Idatha kuleli shadi iyatholakala kumbiko kaFebhuwari 2020 ERS, Ukuthuthukisa Ukuzenzakalela kanye Nemishini Yezilimo Ezikhethekile: Ukubuyekezwa Kwezinhlelo Zomnyango Wezolimo wase-US.