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Article: Farm Service Agency proposal could close Jefferson-Orange County office.
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- The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX)
- Article date:
- June 6, 2007
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Byline: Heather Nolan
Jun. 6--Almost 70 local farmers and planters gathered Tuesday at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Beaumont to discuss the proposed closure of the Jefferson-Orange County Farm Service Agency office.
The Farm Service Agency has proposed closing 25 county offices in the state. If the Jefferson-Orange office were to close, it would be consolidated with the Liberty-Hardin County Farm Service Agency in Liberty.
James Douglass, administrative officer for the Texas Farm Service Agency, said when looking at the offices proposed for closure, the administration tried to find an office that could ...