(Undated)– The future of some Farm Service Agency offices in the region should become known next month.
The U-S-D-A plans to close 713 Farm Service Agency offices nationwide. In Iowa, 22 of the 78 county offices would be closed, including ones in Dickinson and Emmet counties. In Minnesota, 22 of that states 79 offices would be closed, including the Jackson county office.
Officials now say they expect a final decision on the closings to be announced about November 15th. Farm Service Agency Directors in each state will make the final decision on which offices to close and which ones will be consolidated with others.
The U-S-D-A has said it will close 30 percent of its local Farm Service Agency offices across the nation within the next nine months. The F-S-A is trying to cut up to 655 positions from its work force of 15-thousand to 16-thousand nationwide.
