FSA Office Wins State Award
Glasscock County’s Farm Service Agency staff was recently recognized for its
“Outstanding service and tireless dedication in assisting local farmers and
ranchers during the 1999 and 2000 program years,” according to A. Wayland
Shurley, FSA State Executive Director. The local office was one of 20 offices
statewide to receive the distinguished service award.
Shurley said, “FSA has sustained a 30 percent reduction in staffing over the
past decade while program payment distribution to producers has doubled since
1995. Glasscock County is fortunate to have reliable, effective and efficient
USDA program delivery provided by a dedicated staff.”
Glasscock County’s program payments in 2000 were in excess of $9 million and
in 1999, the local office paid more than $12 million, six percent of the total
issued by FSA offices statewide. Direct payments to Texas producers for 1999 and
2000 totaled $4.1 billion. In those two years, approximately 700 FSA county
office employees processed an average of 1,000 payments per employee.
The local FSA staff consists of Program Technicians Janet Braden and Karla
Hoelscher, part-time employee Barbara Halfmann and County Executive Director
John Mark Kinnibrugh.