Steve Dick appointed South Dakota USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director – KNBN NewsCenter1

WASHINGTON – Steve Dick has been appointed as the brand new State Govt Director (SED) for the USDA South Dakota Farm Service Company (FSA) by the Biden administration. Dick joined the South Dakota FSA workforce on April 11, 2022.

Dick has served because the Govt Director of Ag United for South Dakota since January 2005. On this capability, he labored with the South Dakota Farm Bureau, South Dakota Cattlemen, South Dakota Pork Producers, South Dakota Soybeans, South Dakota Corn, South Dakota Dairy Producers, and the South Dakota Poultry Industries Affiliation to arrange occasions and actions connecting shoppers with South Dakota farm and ranch households. Earlier than becoming a member of Ag United, Dick served on Senator Tom Daschle’s (D-SD) workers for a complete of ten years in South Dakota and Washington, DC. In his final place with Senator Daschle, he served because the Agriculture Outreach Coordinator.

As SED, Dick might be chargeable for overseeing the supply of FSA applications to agricultural producers in South Dakota.  These commodity, conservation, credit score, and catastrophe help applications guarantee a secure, inexpensive, plentiful, and nutritious meals, fiber, and gasoline provide for shoppers.

Farm Service Company serves farmers, ranchers, foresters, and agricultural companions by the efficient, environment friendly, and equitable supply of federal agricultural applications. The Company provides producers a powerful security web by the administration of farm commodity and catastrophe applications. Moreover, by conservation applications, FSA continues to protect and defend pure sources and offers credit score to agricultural producers who’re unable to obtain non-public, industrial credit score, together with focused mortgage funds for starting, underserved, ladies and army veterans concerned in manufacturing agriculture.

USDA touches the lives of all Individuals every day in so many optimistic methods. Within the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is remodeling America’s meals system with a better give attention to extra resilient native and regional meals manufacturing, fairer markets for all producers, making certain entry to secure, wholesome and nutritious meals in all communities, constructing new markets and streams of earnings for farmers and producers utilizing local weather sensible meals and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clear power capabilities in rural America, and committing to fairness throughout the Division by eradicating systemic obstacles and constructing a workforce extra consultant of America. To be taught extra, go to usda.gov.