The National Association of FSA Elected Committees is voicing its concern with President Obama’s proposed 2015 budget.  In that are plans to cut as many as 250 Farm Service Agency Offices.  NAFEC President Craig Turner who farms near Matador, Texas says that’s not a wise plan as the recently passed farm bill needs implementation and other farm program services need to be efficiently delivered.

Turner says another major concern is that food safety could be hampered by FSA office closings. He says another problem is that replacing office staff with high technology doesn’t always work very well in rural areas.

Turner says his group has made their views known to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack and to both the House and Senate Ag Committees.