County Committee Elections

Farm Service Agency county committees are a critical component of the day-to-day operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and location administration of federal farm programs. Nationwide, more than 7,700 dedicated members of the agricultural community serve on FSA county committees. The committees are made up of three to 11 members who serve three-year terms.

Elections occur each year in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA). LAAs are elective areas for FSA committees in a single county or multi-county jurisdiction. This may include LAAs that are focused on an urban or suburban area. 

Please Read: Uniform Guidelines For Conducting Farm Service Agency County Committee Elections (Text 39 Bytes | PDF 66 KB)

A county committee election GIS locator tool is available to FSA customers providing the ability for you to identify the LAA you or your farming interests are located in. You can search by one of these search methods:

Click the search box and type in an address,
Click the Use Current Location, or
Use the map tools to zoom to the area you are interested in and click on the location within the map.

For more information about your local election, please contact your USDA Service Center.

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Election Dates

June 17, 2024

The nomination period begins.

August 1, 2024

Last day to file nomination forms at the local USDA Service Center.

November 4, 2024

Ballots mailed to eligible voters.

December 2, 2024

Last day to return voted ballots to the USDA Service Center.

January 1, 2025

Newly elected county committee members take office.

County Committees for Urban Agriculture

USDA has selected FSA urban county committees to strengthen administration of FSA programs in urban areas. The 27 urban county committees include:

Phoenix, Arizona
Little Rock, Arkansas
Los Angeles, California
Oakland, California
Denver, Colorado
Atlanta, Georgia
Chicago, Illinois
New Orleans, Louisiana
Boston, Massachusetts
Detroit, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Jackson, Mississippi
St. Louis, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri

Albuquerque, New Mexico
New York, New York
Las Vegas, Nevada
Cleveland, Ohio
Portland, Oregon
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Columbia, South Carolina
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Memphis, Tennessee
Richmond, Virginia

The urban county committees will work to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production practices. Additionally, the county committees may address areas such as food access, community engagement, support of local activities to promote and encourage community compost, and food waste reduction.

Learn more by reading our Urban County Committee Elections Fact Sheet or FAQs.

Several of the urban county committees are located in locations where FSA and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have Urban Service Centers. Learn more on our Urban Service Centers webpage.