According to County Executive Director of the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency Donny Green, the DeKalb FSA County Committee met in regular session on Dec. 4 to canvass and tabulate the ballots received in the 2012 Local Administrative Area (LAA) # 1 County Committee Election.
The deadline to return ballots was Dec. 3.
 Mary Sanders was re-elected to serve as a member on the committee representing LAA-2.
Her third and final three-year term began Jan. 1.
Randall West was elected as first. alternate, Bert Driver was elected as second alternate, and Jeff Carter was elected as third alternate to the committee. 
 In addition, the committee met on Jan. 8 for its organizational meeting.
Timmie Adcock was selected to serve as chairperson, Jack Campbell to serve as vice-chairperson, and Mary Sanders to serve as member.
The committee meets quarterly at the DeKalb/Cannon County USDA Service Center located at 647 Bright Hill Rd. 
 Green said that the DeKalb/Cannon FSA County Committee and office staff wish to express their appreciation to voters in LAA-1 who participated in the election by voting and returning their ballots.
"The local  county committees are a very important part of Farm Service Agency's program delivery and administrative processes. I do not know of any other agency providing federal programs that can say that the delivery and decision making efforts are made on the local level by a farmer-elected committee," Green noted. 
 For more information about FSA's County Committees or other program inquiries, call 597-8225 (ext. 2) or drop by the DeKalb/Cannon County Farm Service Agency office at 647 Bright Hill Street in Smithville.
You can also visit the agency’s web site at: www.fsa.usda.gov.