The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Grain Inspection Advisory Committee conducts its Spring meeting June 22, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. central time and June 23, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. to noon central time.  The meeting will be held in person, at the AMS National Grain Center, 10383 N. Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64153, and virtually. Virtual access information is available at  Grain Inspection Advisory Committee | Agricultural Marketing Service (usda.gov).

June 2022 Meeting

Docket Number: AMS-NOP-22-0030
Dates: Written nominations must be received by mail or postmarked on or before August 5, 2022

Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominations of domestic cotton producers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and importers of cotton and cotton-containing products for positions on the Cotton Board. The producers and importers will fill positions for 18 members and 18 alternates. USDA will appoint members and alternates to serve three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2025.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the American Egg Board (Board) to fill 10 member and nine alternate member vacancies. One appointed member will serve a one-year term due to a resignation and the remaining nine members and nine alternate members will serve two-year terms beginning March 2023 and ending March 2025. The deadline for nominations is Friday, August 5, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking nominees for the National Potato Promotion Board to succeed 65 members with terms that expire Feb. 28, 2023. The deadline nomination is Aug. 15, 2022.