Welcome to the Arkansas State Farm Service Agency (FSA) website. Our primary mission is to help Arkansas's farmers and ranchers secure the highest possible financial assistance from USDA programs and play a vital role to the economic survival of Arkansas's rural communities.

Arkansas FSA is proud to continue its strong tradition of providing customer based service to Arkansas's producers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 19, 2008 - USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Teresa Lasseter announced that eligible farmers who suffered quality losses to their crops in recent years can enroll in the Crop Disaster Program 2005-2007 (CDP) at local FSA service centers starting June 23, 2008.

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said USDA's announcement for signup beginning today in the 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) helps deliver certainty for the crop year and the option of a timely advance payment. Contracts are available today at USDA Service Centers and signup will continue until September 30, 2008. USDA's DCP readiness follows the June 12 availability of marketing assistance loan and loan deficiency payment (LDP) provisions, within three weeks of commodity title enactment.