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USDA names appointees for Georgia FSA state committee

On April 16 the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the appointment of five agriculture leaders to serve on the Georgia USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee.  

Members of the FSA state committee are appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and  are responsible for the oversight of farm programs and county committee operations, resolving program delivery appeals from Georgia producers, maintaining cooperative relations with industry stakeholders and keeping producers informed about current FSA programs.  

Each FSA state committee is comprised of three to five members including a designated chairperson. Georgians appointed to serve on the state FSA committee are: 

William Brim, Chair (Tifton) - Brim is a vegetable and transplant producer who manages thousands of acres of diversified crop production and one of the state’s largest greenhouse operations. He has decades of experience in large‑scale vegetable farming, seedling production, labor management, and food‑safety innovation. He has held extensive leadership roles on state and national agricultural boards.

Stacey Britt, Member (Hartwell) – Britt is an experienced agricultural producer, bank director, and public servant with nearly three decades of leadership across farming, local government, financial governance, and agricultural organizations. He manages a large Angus cattle operation and has held multiple appointed and elected roles including serving on industrial development, planning and zoning, and county commission boards. His background also includes founding directorship of a regional bank and long‑standing involvement in Georgia’s cattle and Angus associations.

Joel Keith, Member (Hogansville) – Keith is a longtime dairy producer with decades of leadership across Farm Bureau, commodity boards and conservation districts. He has served on the Troup County FSA Committee and brings extensive experience in dairy policy, cooperative representation, and county‑level agricultural governance through the Georgia Beef Board, the Roosevelt Soil & Water Conservation District, and Farm Bureau committees.

J. Chad Nimmer, Member (Blackshear) – Nimmer is a fourth‑generation producer with nearly three decades of experience in forestry, timber harvesting and land management. His background combines hands‑on production work with long‑term resource stewardship, supported by years of legislative service focused on agriculture, natural resources and rural communities.

Lee Nunn, Member (Madison) – Nunn is a row‑crop producer who grows wheat, corn, cotton, soybeans, sunflowers, sorghum and other rotational crops, while also providing custom services to neighboring operations. He brings extensive experience in crop production, equipment management and agricultural construction, along with leadership on county‑level agricultural boards, including previously serving as chairman of the Morgan County FSA Committee. 

FSA implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan programs, and manages conservation, commodity, disaster recovery and marketing programs through a national network of state and county offices and locally elected county committees. For more information, visit fsa.usda.gov. 

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