fsa county committee

Anyone who farms, files acreage reports, or participates in an FSA program may be eligible to run for a local county committee seat, with nominations due August 3rd.

Nominations are being accepted from farmers and ranchers to serve on local USDA Farm Service Agency county committees.  These committees make important decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally.  All nomination forms for the 2025 election must be postmarked or received in the local FSA office by August 1st.   “Serving o...

Local USDA farm service agency service areas now are accepting nominations for FSA county committee members. "We have an election every year; consists of a nominee period; the nomination period runs till August 1st," said FSA Deputy Administrator Marcus Graham.  He...

The USDA is mailing ballots this week for the Farm Service Agency county and urban county committee elections. Elections are occurring in certain Local Administrative Areas for committee members who make decisions about how federal farm programs are administered locally ...

With the November general election behind us, the USDA is reminding all eligible farmers and ranchers to check their mailbox for another important ballot. Voting is now open for the 2020 USDA Farm Service Agency County Committee elections ...

A pilot program to provide service for urban and suburban Ag areas, will have locations starting this fall in cities like Portland, Cleveland, Albuquerque and Philadelphia. FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce noted that interested citizens and stakeholders can learn more about urban-based FSA country committees, and the newly-established Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production within

Starting Monday November 4th, ballots for this year's FSA County Committee election were mailed out.  Producers that vote need to get those ballots turned in by December 2nd to have their selections count.  The FSA's Steve Peterson said one third of county committee seats across the country are up for election annually.  Hee add...

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 2019 County Committee election process starts in earnest Friday with the opening of nominations for committee seats.   Annually about a third of those county committee members are going off based on a three year tenure with regard to those elections,” said the FSA’s Steve Peterson.  “What we are l...