Steve Dick appointed South Dakota USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director

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

Dick has served because the Executive Director of Ag United for South Dakota since January 2005. In 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 Association to arrange occasions and actions connecting shoppers with South Dakota farm and ranch households. Before becoming a member of Ag United, Dick served on Senator Tom Daschle’s (D-SD) employees 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 will likely be answerable for overseeing the supply of FSA packages to agricultural producers in South Dakota.  These commodity, conservation, credit score, and catastrophe help packages guarantee a secure, inexpensive, considerable, and nutritious meals, fiber, and gas provide for shoppers.

Farm Service Agency serves farmers, ranchers, foresters, and agricultural companions via the efficient, environment friendly, and equitable supply of federal agricultural packages. The Agency gives producers a robust security internet via the administration of farm commodity and catastrophe packages. Additionally, via conservation packages, FSA continues to protect and defend pure sources and gives credit score to agricultural producers who’re unable to obtain personal, 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 Americans every day in so many constructive methods. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is reworking America’s meals system with a higher give attention to extra resilient native and regional meals manufacturing, fairer markets for all producers, guaranteeing 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 vitality capabilities in rural America, and committing to fairness throughout the Department by eradicating systemic boundaries and constructing a workforce extra consultant of America. To be taught extra, go to usda.gov.