WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture mailed ballots last week for the Farm Service Agency county committee elections to all eligible agricultural producers and private landowners across the country.
Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas for committee members who make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally. Producers and landowners must return ballots to their local FSA county office or have their ballots postmarked by Dec. 2 for those ballots to be counted.
Producers can identify LAAs up for election through a geographic information system locator tool available at fsa.usda.gov/elections and may confirm their LAA by contacting their local FSA office. Eligible voters who do not receive a ballot in the mail can request one from their local FSA county office.
Each committee has from three to 11 elected members who serve three-year terms, and at least one seat representing a LAA up for election each year. Committee members are vital to how FSA carries out disaster recovery, conservation, commodity and price support programs, as well as making decisions on county office employment and other agricultural issues.
Newly elected committee members will take office Jan. 1.
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