USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced in a series of social media posts that Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices were to reopen, and operations were to be resumed, even amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Writing on X on Oct. 21, Rollins said beginning Oct. 23, “@USDA will resume Farm Service Agency core operations, including critical services for farm loan processing, ARC/PLC payments, and other programs—over $3Billion in assistance farmers have counted on in their business planning decisions.”
The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct. 21 that aid money would come out of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and that FSA offices will be staffed with two employees, five days a week. Workers will be paid by “carry-over balances and administrative funding,” the publication reported.
