USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida (NRCS-FL) has announced that due to Hurricane Idalia, their offices and some USDA service centers in North Central areas have temporarily closed through at least Wednesday, August 30, 2023. USDA NRCS officials hope to resume normal operations on Thursday, August 31st, unless extenuating circumstances prevents them from doing so.
The temporary office closures include:
State Office:
- Gainesville (352) 338-9500
Area Offices:
- Lake City Area Office (386) 755-5100
- Palmetto Area Office (941) 729-6804
Field Offices:
- Baldwin (904) 266-0088
- Bartow (863) 533-2051
- Blountstown (850)674-8271
- Brooksville (including Plant Materials Center) (352) 277-3761
- Deland (386) 985-4037
- East Palatka (386) 328-5051
- Fort Myers (239) 997-7331
- Gainesville (352) 376-7414
- Kissimmee (407) 847-4465
- Lake City (386) 752-8447
- Live Oak (386) 362-2622
- Madison (850) 973-2205
- Marianna (850) 526-2610
- Monticello (850) 997-2072
- Ocala (352) 732-7534
- Plant City (813) 752-1474
- Quincy (850) 627-6365
- Sarasota (941) 907-0011
- Tavares (352) 742-7005
- Trenton (352) 658-4060 / (342) 658-4059
NRCS-FL encourages agricultural landowners and operators to please call their local USDA Service Center, NRCS or Farm Service Agency office to ensure it is open before visiting.
For additional information on NRCS agricultural emergency assistance programs related to Hurricane Idalia, please contact your local field office.
To learn more about available USDA disaster assistance, visit http://www.farmers.gov/recover or the USDA Disaster Resource Center online at: https://www.usda.gov/topics/disaster.