Roosevelt County Farm Service Agency Holds County Committee Election Informational Meeting

Roosevelt County Farm Service Agency Holds County Committee Election Informational Meeting

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director CED Harold Terry in Roosevelt County reminds farmers and landowners that FSA is hosting an informational meeting regarding the 2019 County Committee Election process on June 28, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. at the Roosevelt County USDA FSA Service Center located at 050 NM 467, Portales, NM. Producers, including minority, women and new farmers, are encouraged to attend the meeting and participate in the 2019 election.

The county committee nomination period began on June 14, 2019. Nomination forms must be postmarked or received in the Name County FSA office by close of business on Aug. 1, 2019.
For election purposes, counties are divided into local administrative areas (LAA). Each LAA nominates and elects one producer to serve a three-year term on the FSA county committee.
Each year, an election is held in an LAA where a committee member’s three-year term is expiring. For 2019, an election will be held in LAA 2, which is the area west of Portales that includes the Floyd and Bethel communities.

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 LAA in which the person is a candidate.

Farmers and ranchers may nominate themselves or others. Organizations representing minorities and women also may nominate candidates. To become a candidate, an eligible individual must sign an FSA-669A nomination form. The form and other information about FSA county committee elections are available at fsa.usda.gov/elections.
Nationwide, there are approximately 7,800 farmers and ranchers serving on FSA county committees. These individuals make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs and other agricultural issues. Committees consist of three to 11 members who are elected by eligible producers.

Persons with disabilities who require accommodations to attend or participate in this meeting should contact Roosevelt County FSA at 575-356-6629, ext. 2, or Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, by June 28, 2019.