U.S.D.A. Meets local farmers following bout of major weather disasters

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, Oct. 17, representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) flew in from the Tallahassee airport to meet some of Jefferson County's local farmers who have experienced significant losses to their crops and orchards for the third time in 13 months due to major hurricane impact. Zach Ducheneaux, USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator, Scott Marlow, Senior Advisor to the FSA Administrator, and and Deborah Tannenbaum, State Executive Director of the Florida/ US Virgin Island FSA, met with farmers with the goal of having “candid conversations with growers about impacts,” says Tannenbaum. “We want to hear firsthand, from