The nominations process has been underway since Oct. 3. Committee ballots will be mailed to eligible voters on Nov. 18, with Dec. 2 the last day to return voted ballots. Elected committee members will take office Jan. 1. The FSA county committees serve the important role of overseeing local FSA programs. To nominate a farmer-candidate, a petition form signed by the nominee is needed.
Many growers now know what to look for.
There is no sure way to predict now whether you will be forced to go out at dusk next year, but with the emergence prediction based on accumulated heat units, as tested by NDSU, we can give warnings when emergence starts and ends. This should help tremendously in determining whether or not to scout. Every March, instead of voting for commodity council candidates in person at extension offices and special balloting locations, growers will be able to cast their votes by mail. This caused all wheat production to drop 14 million bushels from the September forecast to 2,282 million bushels for 1996. Production projections for both Russia and Ukraine were reduced as reported harvest progress indicates lower yields than earlier projected.