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FSA Encourages Farmers to Vote in County Committee Elections
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MIAMI COUNTY - The 2024 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections will begin on Nov. 4, when ballots are mailed to eligible voters. The deadline to return the ballots to local FSA offices, or to be postmarked, is Dec. 2, 2024.

 

   County committee members are an important component of the operations of FSA and provide a link between the agricultural community and USDA. Farmers elected to county committees help deliver FSA programs at the local level, applying their knowledge and judgment to make decisions on commodity price support programs; conservation programs; incentive indemnity and disaster programs for some commodities; emergency programs and eligibility. FSA committees operate within official regulations designed to carry out federal laws.

 

   To be an eligible voter, farmers must participate or cooperate in an FSA program. A person who is not of legal voting age but supervises and conducts the farming operations of an entire farm, may also be eligible to vote.

 

   Eligible voters in local administrative area #2 (which includes Union, Monroe and Bethel townships), who do not receive a ballot can obtain one from their local USDA Service Center.

 

   Newly elected committee members will take office Jan. 1, 2025.

 

The candidates in this year’s election are:

 

Nicholas Hissong

   Nicholas Hissong (bottom left) is nominated in LAA 2, Miami County, to serve as a committee member for a 3-year term. Nicholas resides in Troy and has produced corn and soybeans for 8 years.

 

Justin Millhouse

   Justin Millhouse (bottom right) is nominated in LAA 2, Miami County, to serve as a committee member for a 3-year term.  Justin resides in Englewood and has produced corn, soybeans and wheat for 3 years.

 

   More information on county committees, such as the COC fact sheet, can be found on the FSA website at fsa.usda.gov/elections or at a local USDA Service Center.

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