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USDA to resume some FSA functions, including loans, ARC/PLC

On Oct. 23, the USDA will resume Farm Service Agency operations, according to a social media post from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

Posting on X (the platform formerly known as twitter), Rollins said more than $3 billion worth of assistance will be distributed through Farm Service Agency (FSA) core operations. These include critical services for farm loan processing, ARC/PLC payments, and other programs.

“Hopefully Congress will reach a resolution soon and end the government shutdown, but Georgia’s farmers can’t afford to wait on that. There are crops in the field to be harvested and livestock to be tended, and our farmers and ranchers must continue moving forward,” said GFB President Tom McCall.  “This is a critical time in the crop year for Georgia’s farmers, many of whom need to borrow funds to support harvest operations. Plus, the farm bill provisions under ARC and PLC are key components of many farmers’ business plans, and we welcome this decision to open the FSA offices to administer these programs.”

The federal government has been shut down since Oct. 1 while Congress debates a bill to fund government operations. According to information provided by the USDA, each county office will have two employees in the office five days per week performing normal functions for Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funded programs while accepting information (i.e., application intake) related to programs funded by alternative sources.

The CCC programs to be administered: Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC)/ Price Loss Coverage (PLC); Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL); Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP); Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP); Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm Raised Fish Program (ELAP); Tree Assistance Program (TAP); Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); Price Support Loans (sugar); Non-insured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP); and Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC)

The intake only programs to be administered: Direct and Guaranteed Farm Loans; Emergency Livestock Revenue Program (ELRP) – Wildfire and Flooding; Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Phase 1; Emergency Conservation Program (ECP); and Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP).

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