wheatboard encourages producers to vote

Texas

The Texas wheat Producers Board biennial election will begin March 26. Any person qualified to vote may pick up a ballot at the county agricultural extension service office, the county Farm Service Agency office, or at their local elevator. Ballots must be mailed to the polling place at 5405 I-40 West, Amarillo, TX, 79106, with a postmark on, or before, April 10.

This year, the six-year term of five of the current 15 board members will expire. Board members are responsible for the allocation of funds from a state-wide wheat producer assessment of two cents per bushel. These funds are applied to wheat research, education and market development. The Texas Agricultural Commodity Referendum Law prohibits such funds from being used for lobbying or legislative efforts.

Board members terms expiring in 2007 include: District I: Cagle Kendrick of Stratford, District II: Tommy Womack of Tulia, District III: Fred Dwyer of Wichita Falls, District IV: Ken Davis of Grandview and Jack Norman of Howe. All of these board members are eligible for re-election.

Any person living within the following counties who is engaged in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, wheat for commercial purposes, is eligible to vote and/or have their name on the ballot. This includes owners of farms and their tenants and share croppers, if such person is subject to paying the assessment that is collected on a refund-only basis on wheat within the following counties:

--District I: Dallam, Sherman, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hansford, Roberts, Moore, Hartley, Hutchinson and Gray;

--District II: Carson, Potter, Oldham, Deaf Smith, Randall, Armstrong, Briscoe, Swisher, Castro, Parmer, Hale and Floyd;

--District III: Childress, Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Throckmorton, Haskell, Archer, Baylor, Wilbarger, Wichita, Young and Clay;

--District IV: All other counties in Texas.

Current TWPB members whose terms are not expiring are: Bob Beakley of Ennis, Jody Bellah of Throckmorton, David Cleavinger of Wildorado, Foy Gibson of Bend, Scott McGarraugh of Perryton, David Moore of Dumas, Gary Murphy of Dawson, Ben Scholz of Wylie, and Ralph Sides of Childress.

For more information, contact the Texas wheat Producers Board office Toll-free at 1-888-40-wheat.

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3/26/07

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Date: 3/22/07

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