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USDA reopening 2,100 county offices to provide $3B in existing farm aid .

Offices staffed with two workers per location, paid despite government shutdown .

Farmers rely on services for loans, crop insurance , disaster aid, and harvest planning.

Move praised by Republican lawmakers and farm groups; criticized by Democrats as political.

The Agriculture Department will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country Thursday despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs.

The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be paid even though the government remains shutdown. These offices help farmers apply for farm loans , crop insurance, disaster

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