USDA Appoints New Kentucky FSA State Committee Members

By Blake Jackson

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced the appointment of five agricultural leaders to serve on the Kentucky FSA state committee. These appointments, made by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, support the Trump Administration’s Farmers First initiative.

The committee oversees farm programs and county committee operations, addresses program delivery appeals from producers, maintains relationships with industry stakeholders, and keeps farmers informed about current FSA programs.

Each FSA state committee includes three to five members, including a designated chairperson. The newly appointed members for Kentucky are:

• Sharon Walker Furches, Chair (Murray) - Co-owner and operator of a 5,000-acre farm producing wheat, canola, rapeseed, corn, and soybeans. Furches also manages a trucking and grain handling business, is a licensed grain dealer, and previously chaired the Kentucky FSA state committee during the first Trump Administration.
• Tyler Ferguson, Member (Flatgap) - Operates a farm raising commercial cow-calf pairs and mixed grass hay in eastern Kentucky. Ferguson serves as president of the Highlands Beef Cattle Association, representing producers and supporting regional livestock development.
• Mark Jenkins, Member (Hopkinsville) - Owns a diversified farm producing canola, corn, soybeans, wheat, and dark tobacco. He co-owns a greenhouse specializing in ornamentals and fruit and vegetable seedlings for transplanting.
• David Andrew Langley, Member (Glendale) - Corn and soybean farmer from Hardin County who manages his operation with his wife. Langley is a member of the Kentucky Soybean Association and Severns Valley Baptist Church.
• Timothy Wayne White, Member (Lexington) - Operates a diversified beef cattle operation, including purebred, commercial breeding, and stocker cattle. White previously served as regional vice president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and on the environmental stewardship award selection committee.

“These individuals, selected by Secretary Rollins in partnership with key stakeholders in each state, are held in high regard in the agriculture industry and are entrusted to ensure FSA programs are delivered in a manner consistent with federal farm policy and in the best interest of all agricultural producers in their state,” said FSA Administrator Bill Beam.

“Their appointment to the FSA state committee is a testament to their standing in the industry and their dedication to the agriculture industry, rural America and President Trump’s America First, Farmers First policies.”

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