U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Vicky Mueller, in Manitowoc County reminds farmers and landowners that FSA is hosting an informational meeting regarding the 2025 county committee election process on June 16, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at the Manitowoc County FSA Office located at 4319 Expo Drive, Manitowoc WI. Producers, including minority, women and new farmers, are encouraged to attend the meeting and participate in the 2025 election.
The county committee nomination period will begin on June 16, 2025. Nomination forms must be postmarked or received in the Manitowoc County FSA office by close of business on Aug. 1, 2025.
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. For 2025, an election will be held in LAA 3, which includes Centerville, Eaton, Liberty, Meeme, Newton, and Schleswig. Customers can identify which LAA they or their farming or ranching operation is in by using our GIS locator tool available at fsa.usda.gov/elections.
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. 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.
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 7,700 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 3 to 11 members who are elected by eligible producers.
Persons with disabilities who require accommodations to participate in this meeting should contact Vicky Mueller at 920-683-5119, ext. 2, or dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunication relay services.