Farm Service Agency county offices are open, but staff are limited to two county employees per location. Farmers are anxious to secure the signatures necessary to process farm loans, but North Dakota FSA State Executive Director Brad Thykeson said there are limitations. “The sad part is, in North Dakota, we don’t have a loan presence in every office, and the funding that we are able to open up these county offices is under CCC funds, and that doesn’t cover our farm loan people,” said Thykeson. “It is going to be hard for every office to be treated the same; I think that is what is going to be a little hardship across North Dakota because we don’t have farm loan presence in every office.” Access will be available for ARC/PLC, marketing assistance loans and disaster programs. Thykeson is encouraging producers to communicate with their county FSA offices.
