Join us Wednesday, November 16th for the 5th Women in Ag Event at the Fisher Center located at 201 East Iowa St. in Hiawatha. There will be miscellaneous local vendors and key note speaker, Mandie Lang who is a Wildlife Biologist for Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever. She will be giving a presentation about the Monarch Butterfly. The Dvorak Family, Miss D’s Honey Bees, will also be giving a presentation about their honeybee operation. Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Niki Tollefson by November 9th at 785-742-3161, or lana.tollefson@ks.nacdnet.net
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The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) requires all foreign owners of U.S. agricultural land to report their holdings to the Secretary of Agriculture. Foreign persons who have purchased or sold agricultural land in the county are required to report the transaction to FSA within 90 days of the closing. Failure to submit the AFIDA form could result in civil penalties of up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the property. County government offices, realtors, attorneys and others involved in real estate transactions are reminded to notify foreign investors of these reporting requirements. The data gained from these disclosures is used in the preparation of periodic reports to the President and Congress concerning the effect of such holdings upon family farms and rural communities. Click here for more information on AFIDA.
The 2022 Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections will begin in November when ballots are mailed to eligible voters. The deadline to return ballots to the Brown County FSA office, or to be postmarked, is Dec. 5, 2022.
County committee members are an important component of the operations of FSA and provide a link between the agricultural community and USDA. Farmers and ranchers 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 and ranchers 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. A cooperating producer is someone who has provided information about their farming or ranching operation(s) but may not have applied or received FSA program benefits.
Eligible voters in local administrative area #2, who do not receive a ballot can obtain one from the Brown County USDA Service Center.
Newly elected committee members will take office Jan. 1, 2023.
The candidates in this year’s election are:
Keith C. Olsen is nominated for LAA#2, Brown County, to serve as COC member for a 3 year term beginning fall 2022. Keith resides in LAA #2 and has produced 600 acres of corn/soybean crops and 50 cow/calf for 38 years. Keith is an active member of the Doniphan Co. Extension and serves as the Program Project Assistant Director. Keith is willing to serve if elected.
Galen Meyer is nominated in LAA 2, Brown County, to serve as COC member for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2023. Galen resides in Mission Township and has produced corn and soybeans for 40 years. He also ran a cattle feeding operation for 31 years. Galen has previously served on the Brown County Soil Conservation Board, the Farm Bureau Board, the Brown County Coop/Ag Partners Board of Directors, and the Hiawatha Community Hospital Board of Directors. He is willing to serve if elected.
Thomas Hooper is nominated in LAA 2, Brown county, to serve as COC member for a 3 year tern beginning fall 2022. Tom resides in LAA #2 and has been farming since 1968. He's also a member of the Farm Bureau, Soybean Association and Corn Growers Association. If re-elected Tom is willing to serve.
More information on county committees, such as the new 2022 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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