FSA holding county elections

By Staff
The FSA county committee election is under way as ballots are being mailed to eligible voters. Dec. 1 is the deadline for eligible voters to return ballots to their local FSA offices.
Committee members apply their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on disaster and conservation payments, establishment of allotments and yields, producer appeals, employing FSA county executive directors and other local issues. FSA committees operate within official regulations designed to carry out federal laws.
To be an eligible voter, farmers and ranchers must participate or cooperate in FSA programs. A person who is not of legal voting age, but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm, can also vote.
Agricultural producers in each county submitted candidate names during the nomination period held last summer.
Eligible voters who do not receive ballots in the coming weeks can obtain ballots at their local USDA Service Center. Dec. 1 is the last day for voters to submit ballots to local USDA Service Centers, in person or by mail.
Ballots returned by mail must be postmarked no later than Dec. 1. Newly elected committee members and alternates take office Jan. 1, 2009.