can we pick the appraiser on a USDA home loan?

at the time of writing this, yes, despite Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac rulings on using “HVCC” code on Conventional loans where an appraiser is to be picked through a rota system, the USDA has not imposed any such rule. Therefore, Loan Officers get to choose the appraiser in reference to a USDA (Rural housing) zero down loan