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Members warn some FSA county offices are left effectively empty after deferred resignations; Rollins asks for lists
Summary
Lawmakers told USDA that many Farm Service Agency county offices were operating with two or fewer staff — in some cases none — after a round of deferred resignations; Secretary Rollins said she would review office‑by‑office and asked members to provide lists of affected offices.
WASHINGTON — House members raised alarms that Farm Service Agency county offices were operating with minimal or no staff after a wave of deferred resignations, a situation they said threatens delivery of producer‑facing services.
Representative Bishop told the subcommittee he had heard that following the first round of deferred resignations "nearly a quarter of the over 2,000 producer facing FSA offices had 2 or fewer staff as of March 20th," and…
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