Source: Chris Bennett, ROANOKE-CHOWAN NEWS HERALD, 9/20/18

(Editor’s Note: Today, the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald concludes a three-part series about a farmer in the Boykins, VA area with ties to Northampton County who is currently locked in a legal battle with agricultural officials at the federal level. The series is published with the permission of Farm Journal.)

In its closing argument, submitted March 5, 2017, FSA/NRCS (Farm Service Agency/ National Resources Conservation Service) flatly denied misleading Charles Hood at any stage of the case: Furthermore, there is no evidence that the Agency misinformed Appellant or engaged in any misconduct with regard to its communication with him. As noted in the first two parts of this series, in 2005, Hood purchased 30 acres of former timberland in southeast Virginia, sought USDA’s approval to improve the acreage...

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