Forum editorial: Wrong time to cut back FSA offices
The Forum
Published Thursday, October 13, 2005
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has not made the case that several hundred Farm Service Agency offices, including six in North Dakota, should be closed. The goal, according to USDA, is to save money on farm program administration. The result, however, would be more inconvenience and lost time in the field for farmers and ranchers.
North Dakota’s congressional delegation wants answers from Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns about the proposed closings. The North Dakotans, along with delegations from other farm states, have their doubts about the alleged savings USDA claims. The secretary has not said how much would be saved, nor has USDA compared the alleged savings to the anticipated losses farmers would incur due to additional time spent traveling to more distant FSA offices.
Click here to read the whole article...
Published Thursday, October 13, 2005
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has not made the case that several hundred Farm Service Agency offices, including six in North Dakota, should be closed. The goal, according to USDA, is to save money on farm program administration. The result, however, would be more inconvenience and lost time in the field for farmers and ranchers.
North Dakota’s congressional delegation wants answers from Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns about the proposed closings. The North Dakotans, along with delegations from other farm states, have their doubts about the alleged savings USDA claims. The secretary has not said how much would be saved, nor has USDA compared the alleged savings to the anticipated losses farmers would incur due to additional time spent traveling to more distant FSA offices.
Click here to read the whole article...
posted by Dem-NPL at 12:32 PM
<< Home