Michigan Farm Service Agency
2021 Virtual Exhibitor
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is a federal agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Farm Service Agency traces its beginnings to 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, where it was first called the Farm Security Administration. The FSA we know today was born out of a 1994 reorganization of USDA that resulted in the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, renamed Farm Service Agency in November 1995. The new FSA encompasses the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service and the farm credit portion of the Farmers Home Administration.
FSA's responsibilities are organized into five areas:
Farm Programs, Farm Loans, Commodity Operations, Management, and State Operations.
The agency continues to provide America's farmers with a strong safety net through the administration of farm commodity programs. FSA also implements ad hoc disaster programs. FSA's long-standing tradition of conserving the nation's natural resources continues through the Conservation Reserve Program. The agency provides credit to agricultural producers who are unable to receive private, commercial credit. FSA places special emphasis on providing loans to beginning, minority, and women farmers and ranchers. Its Commodity Operations division purchases and delivers commodities for use in humanitarian programs at home and abroad. FSA programs help feed America's school children and hungry people around the globe. Additionally, the agency supports the nation's disabled citizens by purchasing products made by these persons.
Follow up with this Exhibitor:
If interested in any FSA program, would like to submit an application, or if you have questions regarding FSA, please use the local service center locator to find a FSA County Office near you.