Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Fwd: FSA Hancock County Ohio: 2014 COC Election Information



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: USDA Farm Service Agency <usdafsa@service.govdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:53 AM
Subject: FSA Hancock County Ohio: 2014 COC Election Information
To: iammejtm@gmail.com


June 2014

5.10.13

Farm Service Agency County Committee Nomination Period Begins June 15

 The nomination period for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees begins Sunday, June 15, 2014.

To be eligible to serve on an FSA county committee, a person must participate or cooperate in a program administered by FSA, be eligible to vote in a county committee election and reside in the local administrative area where the person is nominated. For election purposes, counties are divided into local administrative areas, or LAA's.  Each LAA selects one producer to serve a three-year term on the Farm Service Agency county committee. Each year, an election is held in an LAA to replace the committee member whose three-year term is expiring.  In counties with three LAA's, one seat is up for election.  In combined counties in some years, additional seats may be up for election.

An election will be held for the Hancock County Committee position for LAA 1 that includes the townships of Amanda, Delaware, Madison, Jackson, Orange and Van Buren.

Farmers and landowners may nominate themselves or others. Organizations representing minorities and women also may nominate candidates. To become a candidate, an eligible individual must sign the nomination form, FSA-669A. The form and other information about FSA county committee elections are available at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. Nomination forms for the 2014 election must be postmarked or received at the Hancock County FSA office by close of business on Aug. 1, 2014. Elections will take place this fall.

While FSA county committees do not approve or deny farm ownership or operating loans, they make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs and other agricultural issues. Members serve three-year terms.

FSA will mail ballots to eligible voters beginning Nov. 3, 2014. Ballots are due back to the FSA office either via mail or in person by Dec. 1, 2014. Newly elected committee members and alternates take office on Jan. 1, 2015.

For more information, contact the Hancock County FSA office or visit the County Committee Elections website to learn more about the County Committee Election process at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/elections.   

 

 


Questions?
Please contact CED Jim Greve, County Executive Director, at 419-422-5438jim.greve@oh.usda.gov or for Farm Loans, please contact FLM Marla Koerner, Farm Loan Manager, at 419-586-3149marla.koerner@oh.usda.gov.


USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free Customer Service), (800) 877-8339 (Local or Federal relay), (866) 377-8642 (Relay voice users).


Bookmark and Share

USDA/FSA Logo Questions?
Contact Us
STAY CONNECTED:
Visit us on Twitter Sign up for email updates FSA Widgets Ask FSA FSA FencePost RSS Feeds  

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES:
Manage Preferences  |  Delete Profile  |  Help

This email was sent to iammejtm@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: USDA Farm Service Agency · 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. · Washington, DC 20250 · 800-439-1420 Powered by GovDelivery




--
Jeremy Tobias Matthews

No comments:

Post a Comment