Many Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices, including the one in Lamesa, will reopen temporarily in the coming days to perform certain limited services for farmers and ranchers, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today (Wednesday). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recalled about 2,500 FSA employees to open offices on Thursday, Jan. 17 and Friday, Jan. 18, in addition to Tuesday, Jan. 22, during normal business hours. The offices will be closed for the federal Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 21. In almost half of FSA locations, FSA staff will be available to assist agricultural producers ...