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Ag. Dept. abandons plans to close Farm Service Agency The Agriculture Department has abandoned plans to close more than 700 Farm Service Agency offices across the country, including the local office. The announcement was made on Tuesday, October 18 by J. B. Penn, Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services. Locally, a petition drive was completed on October 14 and letters protesting the closure of the local FSA office were forwarded to state and national leaders. Wayne County was one of 39 Kentucky offices slated to be closed. "There is still need to review our field delivery system in Kentucky because of the loss of the tobacco program and reduction in our staffing number," stated Jeffrey S. Hall, FSA State Executive Director. "We are waiting for direction from our National Office on how to deal with these issues." Add a comment |
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