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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 ...
Replaced in 1994 with the Farm Service Agency. Farm Security Administration (FSA) Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae) Fannie Mae was partially privatized in 1968; its government administered portion was renamed the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae); see Department of Housing and Urban Development, above
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. It administered programs concerning farm products and agricultural conservation. It granted loans to farmers; purchased farm products from farmers and processors; administered land allotment and marketing quota programs ...
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) was a USDA agency established by the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624, Sec. 2302), amending the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs.
Farm Credit System Assistance Board; Farm Security Administration; Farm Service Agency; Farmers Home Administration; Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation; Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation; Food and Nutrition Service; Food Safety and Inspection Service; Foreign Agricultural Service
The Under Secretary provides leadership and oversight for the Farm Service Agency, the Risk Management Agency, and the Foreign Agricultural Service. The President normally appoints the Under Secretary as President of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), though in the past this latter responsibility has sometimes been held by other USDA ...
The Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) was a U.S. government agency established in August 1946 to replace the Farm Security Administration. It superseded the Resettlement Administration during the Great Depression and operated until 2006. FmHA mission and programs involved extending credit for agriculture and rural development.
Farm Security Administration, now the Farmers Home Administration in the US; Farm Service Agency, part of the US Department of Agriculture; Food Science Australia, now known as the CSIRO Division of Food and Nutritional Science; Food Standards Agency, a British regulator; Federal Student Aid, an office of the US Department of Education