FSA County Committee voting: Stockland report

Washington Ag Today November 2, 2010 The deadline for farmers and ranchers to directly affect the makeup of their Farm Service Agency county committees is almost here. Judy Olson, State Executive Director for the Farm Services Agency, says ballots will have been mailed by November 5^th to eligible voters statewide. Producers have until December 6^th to return the ballots.

The three-to-five person committees are the place that producers can appeal most agency decisions. The committees meet about once a month.

Eligible voters who do not receive a ballot are urged to contact their local FSA office.

Newly elected committee members begin their term January 1^st of 2011.

Now here is Jack McQuiness with the report from Stockland Livestock Auction in Davenport, Washington.

(McQuiness

#) “ A big sale here this past week. Nearly two-thousand head on the market. Cows and bulls fully steady. Top in the high 50’s with most of the cows in the mid-50’s, high 40’s to mid-50’s. Feeder cattle fully steady. Excellent demand for light weight calves. Some of these 500 lb. steer calves up to a $1.25, $1.30 here. Stock cow sale this Saturday. We will have all classes. We have an outstanding set of bred heifers. Fifty head of those. They will be sorted and sold in lots to suit the buyer. February calvers and Angus heifers. Cattle sale every Monday here. We also feature our feeder cattle in the afternoons here at Davenport and we will sell every Monday with a special stock cow sale here on Saturday. Stockland Livestock here in Davenport. Thanks for listening.

Thanks Jack.

I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net.