Farm Service Agency

Farm Service Agency
Agency overview
Formed	1930
Jurisdiction	United States Department of Agriculture
Headquarters	United States Department of Agriculture South Building ; 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.; 38°53′17″N 77°1′48″W
Employees	10,958 (2018)
Annual budget	US$2.035 billion (2018)
Agency executive	Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator;
Website	fsa.usda.gov

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the United States Department of Agriculture agency that was formed by merging the farm loan portfolio and staff of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). The Farm Service Agency implements agricultural policy, administers credit and loan programs, and manages conservation, commodity, disaster, and farm marketing programs through a national network of offices. The Administrator of FSA reports to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation. The current administrator is Zach Ducheneaux. The FSA of each state is led by a politically appointed State Executive Director (SED).

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