U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Tuesday all Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices nationwide will soon reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers during the lapse in federal funding.
Beginning Thursday, January 24, all FSA offices will open and offer a longer list of transactions they will accommodate.
Farmers depend on their interface with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Farm Service Agency. If you farm, you know who they are and where your office is located.
Yesterday, Secretary Perdue spoke to farm broadcaster Max Armstrong. Here are excerpts of their conversation.
AUDIO: Profit Matters 1-23-19
Additionally, Secretary Perdue said the deadline to apply for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), which aids farmers harmed by unjustified retaliatory tariffs, has been extended to February 14. The original deadline had been January 15. Other program deadlines may be modified and will be announced as they are addressed.
FULL INTERVIEW: Max Armstrong with Secretary Sonny Perdue
