Most people hear “FSA” and think one thing: a backup plan. That assumption can cost farmers real options. We sit down with Anna Armstrong, a Farm Loan Specialist, and David Wayne, Kentucky’s State Executive Director, to unpack what the USDA Farm Service Agency actually does and how producers can use it to build a stronger operation. We talk through the day-to-day reality of FSA, then zoom out into the big buckets farmers rely on: agricultural lending, disaster assistance, price support, and ...