WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency Offices will resume core operations on Thursday (Oct. 23, 2025).
Tuesday’s announcement said there will be two county office employees in every county office, five days per week, performing normal functions for CCC funded programs while accepting information (i.e., application intake) related to programs funded by alternative sources.
Despite the government shutdown, South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson is glad to hear farmers and ranchers will be able to get signatures for farm loan processing and ARC/PLC payments and programs at this critical time of year.
With only two employees working in each FSA office, Johnson says the services they are able to provide will be limited.
Following is a list of the programs FSA offices will be able to work with when they resume core operations Thursday.
CCC Programs
- Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC)/ Price Loss Coverage (PLC)
- Marketing Assistance Loans (MAL)
- Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)
- Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
- Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
- Tree Assistance Program (TAP)
- Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
- Price Support Loans (sugar)
- Non-insured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
- Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC)
Intake Only Programs
- Direct and Guaranteed Farm Loans
- Emergency Livestock Revenue Program (ELRP) – Wildfire and Flooding
- Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) Phase 1
- Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
- Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP)