County Committee

On Monday the USDA announced it will begin mailing ballots on November 4th to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the FSA county committee elections. Each committee has three to 11 elected members who serve three-year terms of office...

The FSA is reminding farmers and ranchers they only have a few more days to get nominees to the local county committee submitted.  Eligible candidates must be submitted by Thursday, the 1st.   County committees are made up of farmers and ranchers elected by other producers to guide the delivery of farm programs at the local level.  The FSA...

The FSA will begin accepting nominations for county committee members on June 14th.  Producers who participate or cooperate in an FSA program may be nominated for candidacy for the county committee.  Individuals may nominate themselves or others as a candidate.   ...

The FSA announced this week that the USDA has begun mailing ballots to eligible producers for the 2018 FSA county committee elections on Monday, November 5th Producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by December 3rd to ensure their vote is counted.  Ne...

The FSA is currently accepting nominations for county committee candidates.  Brian Dansel, Executive Director of the Washington FSA said the county committee allows farmers to communicate with the FSA and Washington D.C. to ensure their needs are being met and concerns are being addressed.  Da...

The Farm Service Agency sent out ballots this week to participants in their programs to elect the new county committee members.   Chris Bieker said these committees impact the farmers’ bottom line.   “In a very diverse state like Washington State where we’ve got different kinds of agriculture, different kinds of climate, the decisions the county committees make can be very important in terms of fa

Agricultural producers will receive ballots next week to vote for 2017 Farm Service Agency county committee elections.   The Department of Agriculture announced the ballots were being sent to farmers this week.  To ensure their votes are counted, producers must return ballots to their local FSA offices by December 4th.   USDA ...

The Farm Service Agency has extended the deadline to vote local county committees.   The new deadline to have ballots postmarked by is December 13th.   The County Committee impacts most FSA programs for area farmers that are part of a USDA FSA program like loans or insurance.   ...

The Farm Service Agency is sending out ballots to participants in their programs to elect the new county committee members.   Chris Bieker said these committees impact the farmers’ bottom line.   “In a very diverse state like Washington State where we’ve got different kinds of agriculture, different kinds of climate, the decisions the county committees make can be very important in terms of farmer

The Farm Service Agency will co-host a County Committee webinar with the Agriculture Marketing Service, and Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food on Tuesday at 11 a.m. PDT.  The webinar will explain how county committees work and cover how to submit a nomination.  We...