Richard Fordyce

Enrollment for the USDA’s ARC and PLC Programs will not open until after the 2026 planting season; this comes as USDA readies a 61-page final rule implementing updates required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025.

Senate Ag Chair John Boozman said in a recent interview that more farm aid will likely be needed this year, but can’t say how much yet.

Climate Smart Agriculture is a term the farming community heard a lot during the Biden Administration. Is it still a priority in Washington D.C.?

No additional farm aid is expected next year despite earlier suggestions by President Trump and others that extra help is possible, given billions in continuing farm losses.

Signups start Monday for the second round of disaster payments covering 2023 and 2024, as USDA readies its much-awaited tariff relief package expected out in December.

Last week, the Senate confirmed three nominees for positions at USDA. These nominees were included as part of a package of 48 subcabinet level nominees, all of whom received bipartisan support.

Midwest farmer Richard Fordyce is heading back to Washington, D.C., as the newly appointed Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation.  He served in the first Trump administration as the Farm Service Agency Administrator.  Fordyce said he super excited and incredibly humbled in having this opportunity to go back to Washington, going back to USDA, to work on behalf of America's farmers and

Farmers interested in signing up for Conservation Reserve Programs, have until February 12th to do so. FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce said while the window is not large, he's confident it's long enough for those interested in CRP to sign-up, or at least get their questions answered ...

When the coronavirus pandemic started to spread across the country back in March, the USDA's local service service centers had to adjust, moving to maximum telework status. But according to Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce, the agency's was really not equipped for the transition ...

Earlier this week, the USDA celebrated their accomplishments of 2020. FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce stated, “We partner with agricultural producers to grow and expand their operations as well as weather the unpredictable, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters.” ...