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<p>The <b>Farm Service Agency</b> is the <a href="/pages/w/104028512968077">United States Department of Agriculture</a> agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service . The ASCS was, as the FSA is now, primarily tasked with the implementation of farm conservation and regulation laws around the country. The Administrator of FSA reports to the <a href="/pages/w/103305876390369">Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</a>. The current Acting Administrator is Chris Beyerhelm. The FSA of each state is led by a politically appointed State Executive Director .</p><h2>History</h2><p>The origins of the FSA start with several earlier agencies starting in the 1930s, with several programs and agencies developed during the <a href="/pages/w/107609372595195">Great Depression</a>. The <a href="/pages/w/134502956583405">Resettlement Administration</a> of 1935 was an early attempt to relocate entire farming communities to more profitable locations, but this was ultimately abandoned as it proved too controversial, expensive and showed no signs of success. IN 1937, the Administration was transformed into the <a href="/pages/w/138472099514266">Farm Security Administration</a> and switched focus to the Standard Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program, which provided credits, farm management and technical supervision to rural farmers.</p><p>Another predecessor of the FSA was the <a href="/pages/w/137131609642947">Agriculture Adjustment Act</a> of 1933, which was intended as a program to help stabilize farm prices via price support loans to create crop reduction. The initial act was ruled unconstitutional in 1936 by <a href="/pages/w/120405394671842">United States v. Butler</a>, but these issues were taken care of by the <a href="/pages/w/137468689608525">Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938</a>, passed two years later.</p>
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