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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of Advocacy and Outreach
Advisory Committee on Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers; Request for
Nominations
Office of Advocacy and
Outreach, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, notice is
hereby given that the Secretary of
Agriculture is soliciting nominations for
membership to fill six positions on the
Advisory Committee on Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers (the
‘‘Committee’’).
SUMMARY:
Consideration will be given to
nominations received on or before
March 31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Kenya Nicholas, Designated Federal
Official, USDA Office of Advocacy and
Outreach, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0170; (202)
720–6350; email: acbfr@osec.usda.gov.
ADDRESSES: Nomination packages may
be sent by postal mail or commercial
delivery to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Mail Stop
0601, Washington, DC 20250, Attn:
Advisory Committee on Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers. Nomination
packages may also be faxed to (202)
720–7704.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee advises the Secretary of
Agriculture on matters broadly affecting
new farmers and ranchers including
strategies, policies, and programs that
will enhance opportunities and create
new farming and ranching operations.
The Committee will consider
Department goals and objectives
necessary to implement prior
recommendations. The Committee will
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develop and recommend an overall
framework and strategies to encompass
principles that leverage and maximize
existing programs, and create and test
new program opportunities.
In this notice, we are soliciting
nominations from interested
organizations and individuals from
among ranching and farming producers
(industry), related government, State,
and Tribal agricultural agencies,
academic institutions, commercial
banking entities, trade associations, and
related nonprofit enterprises. An
organization may nominate individuals
from within or outside its membership;
alternatively, an individual may
nominate herself or himself.
Nomination packages should include a
nomination form along with a cover
letter or resume that documents the
nominee’s background and experience.
Nomination forms are available on the
Internet at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/
document/ad-755 or may be obtained
from the person listed under
The Secretary will select up to six
members from among those
organizations and individuals solicited
in order to obtain the broadest possible
representation on the Committee,
pursuant to Section 5 of the Agricultural
Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub. L.
102–554), in accordance with the FACA
and U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Regulation 1041–1. Equal
opportunity practices, in line with the
USDA policies, will be followed in all
appointments to the Committee. To
ensure that the recommendations of the
Committee have taken into account the
needs of the diverse groups served by
the Department, membership should
include, to the extent practicable,
individuals with demonstrated ability to
represent minorities, women, and
persons with disabilities.
Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of
March 2017.
Christian Obineme,
Associate Director, Office of Advocacy and
Outreach.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of Advocacy and Outreach
(OAO)
Advisory Committee on Minority
Farmers; Notice of Solicitation for
Membership
Office of Advocacy and
Outreach, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of Solicitation for
Membership.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, notice is
hereby given that the Secretary of
Agriculture is soliciting nominations for
membership for the Advisory
Committee on Minority Farmers (the
‘‘Committee’’) to serve a term of up to
2 years.
DATES: Consideration will be given to
nominations received on or before
March 31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.
Kenya Nicholas, Designated Federal
Official, USDA Office of Advocacy and
Outreach, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–0170; (202)
720–6350; email: acmf@osec.usda.gov.
ADDRESSES: Nomination packages may
be sent by postal mail or commercial
delivery to: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Mail Stop
0601, Washington, DC 20250, Attn:
Advisory Committee on Minority
Farmers. Nomination packages may also
be faxed to (202) 720–7704.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committee for Minority
Farmers (ACMF) will advise the
Secretary of Agriculture on strategies to
heighten participation of historically
socially disadvantaged farmers and
ranchers in the USDA’s assistance
programs. The ACMF will also advise
the Secretary on outreach and
administration of competitive grants
programs and how the USDA may
enhance its efforts to build an inclusive
future for this targeted group of minority
farmers. The ACMF may also look at the
civil rights activities of USDA and how
they affect USDA programs in general.
We are soliciting nominations from
socially disadvantaged farming and
ranching producers; civil rights
professionals; private nonprofit
organizations that support socially
disadvantaged producers; and higher
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of Advocacy and Outreach
Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers; Request for
Nominations
AGENCY: Office of Advocacy and Outreach, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is
hereby given that the Secretary of Agriculture is soliciting
nominations for membership to fill six positions on the Advisory
Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (the ``Committee'').
DATES: Consideration will be given to nominations received on or before
March 31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Kenya Nicholas, Designated
Federal Official, USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0170; (202) 720-6350;
email: acbfr@osec.usda.gov.
ADDRESSES: Nomination packages may be sent by postal mail or commercial
delivery to: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Mail Stop 0601, Washington, DC 20250,
Attn: Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers. Nomination
packages may also be faxed to (202) 720-7704.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee advises the Secretary of
Agriculture on matters broadly affecting new farmers and ranchers
including strategies, policies, and programs that will enhance
opportunities and create new farming and ranching operations. The
Committee will consider Department goals and objectives necessary to
implement prior recommendations. The Committee will develop and
recommend an overall framework and strategies to encompass principles
that leverage and maximize existing programs, and create and test new
program opportunities.
In this notice, we are soliciting nominations from interested
organizations and individuals from among ranching and farming producers
(industry), related government, State, and Tribal agricultural
agencies, academic institutions, commercial banking entities, trade
associations, and related nonprofit enterprises. An organization may
nominate individuals from within or outside its membership;
alternatively, an individual may nominate herself or himself.
Nomination packages should include a nomination form along with a cover
letter or resume that documents the nominee's background and
experience. Nomination forms are available on the Internet at https://www.ocio.usda.gov/document/ad-755 or may be obtained from the person
listed under
The Secretary will select up to six members from among those
organizations and individuals solicited in order to obtain the broadest
possible representation on the Committee, pursuant to Section 5 of the
Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-554), in
accordance with the FACA and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Regulation 1041-1. Equal opportunity practices, in line with the USDA
policies, will be followed in all appointments to the Committee. To
ensure that the recommendations of the Committee have taken into
account the needs of the diverse groups served by the Department,
membership should include, to the extent practicable, individuals with
demonstrated ability to represent minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities.
Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of March 2017.
Christian Obineme,
Associate Director, Office of Advocacy and Outreach.
[FR Doc. 2017-04392 Filed 3-6-17; 8:45 am]
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