Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture. It administers programs concerning farm products and agricultural conservation. It grants loans to farmers; purchases farm products from farmers and processors; administers acreage allotment and marketing quota programs; shares the cost of resource conservation and environmental protection measures with farmers and ranchers; and supervises civil defense activities relating to food. It also manages the inventories of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The ASCS was established in 1961. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA, is a Cabinet department of the United States Federal Government. ... The Commodity Credit Corporation, or CCC, is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on October 17, 1933. ...

In 1994, the ASCS was merged with other Agriculture agencies to crate the Farm Service Agency. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is the USDA agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS). ...

References

• World Book encyclopedia 1988
• What is the Farm Service Agency?. Farm Service Agenc. URL accessed on October 10, 2005.