Palantir Wins Data Contract   04/23 11:34

   Palantir Secures USDA Contract to Consolidate Farmer Data, Modernize Programs

   USDA signed a $300 million deal with Palantir Technologies to modernize farm 
services, streamline paperwork and implement its "One Farmer, One File" 
initiative.

Todd Neeley
DTN Environmental Editor

   LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- USDA signed a $300 million deal with Palantir 
Technologies Inc. this week to help the agency implement its "One Farmer, One 
File" initiative announced in February to help farmers reduce paperwork.

   The deal announced with Palantir is expected to help modernize how the 
agency delivers services to farmers. The agreement is designed to strengthen 
farm security to accelerate the delivery of farmer programs in USDA's farm 
production and conservation areas, according to a news release from Palantir.

   As part of the deal, Palantir will provide operational software to help USDA 
improve service delivery and to enable the agency to "secure American farmland, 
enhance supply chain resilience, and shield agricultural programs from fraud, 
abuse and foreign adversary influence."

   "America depends on its farmers and USDA is moving fast to give them the 
technology they need," said Ali Monfre, federal engineering lead at Palantir.

   Palantir said the latest agreement "builds on existing work" with USDA's 
Landmark platform powered by Palantir. That platform backed the rollout of the 
$11 billion Farmer Bridge Assistance (FBA) program in February.

   "One Farmer, One File" is meant to provide all a farmer's USDA program data 
in one file that will be accessed by the Farm Service Agency and the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service when a farmer enrolls in a program at the 
department.

   U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins touted the initiative at Commodity 
Classic in February, when the agency launched FBA enrollment during which over 
35,000 signups were tallied in a few days.

   "Protecting America's farmland is protecting America itself and this work 
gives USDA the visibility and speed needed to safeguard our food supply," USDA 
Chief Information Officer Sam Berry said in a statement.

   "Our farmers sustain this nation and modern tools help us support them with 
greater precision. I look forward to working with Palantir as we continue 
serving the American farming community, which serves all of us every single 
day."

   Landmark is also enabling USDA to "transform" how farmers report acreage 
through self-service digital tools, according to the news release.

   "For farmers, every hour of daylight matters -- they shouldn't have to spend 
it sitting in field offices or driving far from their land," the company said.

   "Landmark gives farmers more options, enabling them to utilize county 
offices or self-service online tools according to their preference. Palantir is 
similarly empowering USDA's field staff with mobile digital tools that help 
them work efficiently, reduce administrative burdens, and accelerate services 
and payments to farmers."

   Palantir said underpinning these farmer-facing capabilities is a broader 
transformation of USDA's technology infrastructure. The Landmark platform 
backed by Palantir is consolidating fragmented legacy systems into a secure, 
unified foundation -- reducing maintenance burden, strengthening data security, 
and enabling USDA to move faster as new programs and priorities emerge.

   Read more on DTN:

   "USDA Details New Farmer Login Platform," 
https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2026/02/27/rollins-touts-o
ne-farmer-one-file

   Todd Neeley can be reached at todd.neeley@dtn.com

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