The national Farm Service Agency (FSA) office in Washington, DC, issues administrative notices to guide local and state FSA offices. These notices often contain important information regarding the national office's interpretation of the laws governing federal agriculture programs. The following alerts summarize some of the most significant notices released by FSA. Also summarized are certain regulatory, statutory, and policy changes affecting FSA programs.

These summaries are not to be considered legal advice. Please contact an attorney to discuss any questions you may have regarding the application of these administrative notices to an individual situation. If you think that a notice or other FSA action described in an alert may affect your rights or obligations, you can review the notice in full by following the link in the summary.

NOTE: FSA's administrative notices are temporary by design and are issued with an expiration date. And a notice may be superceded by one or more later notices before its expiration date arrives.