Government shutdown: Illinois Farm Service Agency offices closed until further notice

(Originally posted Tuesday)

[October 02, 2013]  SPRINGFIELD -- Scherrie V. Giamanco, state executive director for the Illinois Farm Service Agency, announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture FSA offices are currently closed, due to the lapse in federal government funding.

The FSA offices will reopen once Congress restores funding.

[Text from file received from Illinois Farm Service Agency]