The Washington State Farm Service Agency serves the agricultural community through 25 county level USDA service centers and one state office, located in Spokane.

FSA helps to ensure a stable food supply for the nation by supporting American farmers. This is accomplished through the implementation of farm programs authorized by Congress.

The programs currently carried out in Washington State are categorized under the following headings.

To find out more about the rules and regulations related to FSA programs click here.

County Committee Elections Underway - Vote for your representative on your local FSA committee

Contact Benton and Yakima offices

1/22/09 - 9/30/12 - Extended signup for Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program

9/14 - Signup begins for the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees and Farm-raised Fish Program(ELAP)

10/7/09 - 6/1/10 - Signup for 2010 Direct and Counter Cyclical (DCP) and the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Programs

11/23 - Offices closed for Thanksgiving Day

12/7 - Last day to turn in ballots for County Committee elections

1/30/10 - 2009 Application period ends for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)

8/31/09 - Canola & rapeseed; onions, radish, carrots and cabbage (for seed or fresh); value loss crops (aquaculture, Christmas trees, turf grass sod, floriculture, mushrooms); artichokes and any fall planted crops not mentioned in any other closing date

9/1/09 - Nursery Crops

9/30/09 - Perennial grazing crops; perennial forage crops; forage seed crops; mint and wheat

11/20/09 - All Perennial crops not listed under the 9/30 category (berries, fruit trees, grapes, asparagus); honey

3/15/10 - Spring planted crops, small grain forages (including wheat, barley, and oats including annual pea forage), mustard and summer planted buckwheat