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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the
importance of the Indiana Farm Service Agency and its
employees across the state of Indiana.
Cherry
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2024 HC 1040/DI 140 Introduced
Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the
2 importance of the Indiana Farm Service Agency and its
3 employees across the state of Indiana.
4 Whereas, The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service
5 Agency (FSA) supports farms and farming communities with
6 programs including disaster relief, conservation programs,
7 commodity price guarantee programs, and loan programs;
8 Whereas, The Indiana FSA, the agency's central office for the
9 state, administers farm commodity, disaster, and conservation
10 programs for farmers, and makes guaranteed farm emergency,
11 ownership, and operating loans through a network of 75
12 Hoosier county offices;
13 Whereas, The FSA's responsibilities are organized into five
14 areas: Farm Programs, Farm Loans, Commodity Operations,
15 Management, and State Operations. The agency continues to
16 provide America's farmers with a strong safety net through the
17 administration of farm commodity programs;
18 Whereas, The FSA also implements ad hoc disaster programs.
19 The FSA's longstanding tradition of conserving the nation's
20 natural resources continues through the Conservation Reserve
21 Program. Additionally, the agency provides credit to
22 agricultural producers who are unable to receive private,
23 commercial credit;
24 Whereas, The men and women who comprise the Indiana FSA
25 are public employees who dedicate their careers to public
26 service by contributing to the industry of agriculture; and
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1 Whereas, The Indiana General Assembly is honored to extend
2 its appreciation and deep gratitude to Indiana's FSA employees
3 for their hard work, commitment, enthusiasm, and sacrifice in
4 serving Indiana's farming community: Therefore,
5 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
6 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
7 the Senate concurring:
8 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly hereby
9 recognizes the importance of agriculture in the Indiana and
10 national economies for its remarkable capacity for providing
11 food, fiber, feed, and fuel to our state and nation; and pays
12 special attention to the employees of the Farm Service Agency
13 for the work they do to implement federal programs for
14 Indiana's agricultural industry.
15 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
16 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State
17 Representative Bob Cherry for distribution.
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