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Committee presses nominee on staffing losses, modernization and AFIDA reporting
Summary
Senators questioned Richard Fordyce about understaffed county FSA and NRCS offices, technology modernization including ‘‘one farmer, one form’’ acreage reporting, and digital reporting for foreign land purchases under AFIDA.
Senators used Richard Fordyce’s hearing to underline operational hurdles at USDA’s producer-facing agencies and to press for modernization of technology and paperwork.
Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar and other senators highlighted workforce losses: "FPAC has lost nearly 4,100 employees in the Deferred Resignation Program. FSA alone has lost over 1,000 employees," Klobuchar said, linking staffing shortfalls to potential delays in delivering disaster assistance and new program sign-ups. Several senators…
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