Farm Service Agency

Farm Service Agency
Agency overview
Formed1930; 94 years ago (1930)
JurisdictionUnited States Department of Agriculture
HeadquartersUnited States Department of Agriculture South Building
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.
38°53′17″N 77°1′48″W / 38.88806°N 77.03000°W / 38.88806; -77.03000
Employees10,958 (2018)[1]
Annual budgetUS$2.035 billion (2018)[1]
Agency executive
  • Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator
Websitefsa.usda.gov

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the United States Department of Agriculture agency that was formed by merging the farm loan portfolio and staff of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). The Farm Service Agency implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan programs, and manages conservation, commodity, disaster, and farm marketing programs through a national network of offices. The Administrator of FSA reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation. The current administrator is Zach Ducheneaux.[2] The FSA of each state is led by a politically appointed State Executive Director (SED).

  1. ^ a b "Office of Budget & Program Analysis" (PDF).
  2. ^ Williamson, Elizabeth (2023-04-19). "A Death in Dairyland Spurs a Fight Against a Silent Killer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-17.