FRANKFORT - Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer has announced that nominations for Farm Service Agency County Committee elections will open today (June 15).

Nomination forms may be filed in county FSA offices through Aug. 1.

The county FSA Committees help deliver federal farm programs at the local level.

Farmers who serve on the committees make decisions on such issues as commodity price support loans and payments; allotments, yields and market quotas; conservation programs; incentive, indemnity and disaster payments; producer appeals, and other farm disaster assistance.

Ballots will be mailed to eligible voters on Nov. 3. The last day to return voted and signed ballots to the county FSA office will be Dec. 4. Elected committee members and alternates will take office Jan. 1, 2007.

Nomination forms and other information are available at county FSA offices or on the FSA Web site at www.fsa.usda.gov.