AMARILLO, Texas (February 1, 2019) – The Texas Wheat Producers Board (TWPB) will hold its biennial election to elect five board members to fill expiring positions. The election, to be held by mail, officially begins March 22, 2019, and will conclude April 5, 2019.
Terms expiring in 2019 include Bryan Clift of District I, Tommy Womack of District II, Chet Creel of District III, and Ken Davis and Jack Norman of District IV.
Any person who is engaged in commercial wheat production in Texas is eligible to vote for the district in which they reside. This includes owners of farms and their tenants and share croppers if they are subject to paying the assessment that is collected in the following Texas 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.
Ballots are available from county Texas AgriLife Extension Service offices, local grain elevators or by request to the board between March 22, 2019, and April 5, 2019. Ballots must be mailed to the Texas Wheat Producers Board at 5405 West I-40, Amarillo, Texas 79106, and will not be valid with a postmark date later than April 5, 2019.
Any person eligible to vote is also qualified to seek a six-year term on the board. Qualified persons must reside within the voting district wherein they seek nomination. The application must be signed by the nominee and at least ten other persons from that district eligible to vote in the election. Such applications must be received by March 5, 2019, in order to have the nominee’s name placed on the ballot.
Nominee applications may be obtained upon request to the Texas Wheat Producers Board office at 5405 West Interstate 40, Amarillo, Texas 79106, or by calling (806) 352-2191.
Board members are responsible for the allocation of funds from a statewide wheat producer assessment of two cents per bushel. These funds are applied to wheat research, education and market development to further the wheat industry in Texas. The Texas Agricultural Commodity Referendum Law prohibits such funds from being used for lobbying or legislative efforts. For more information, contact the Texas Wheat Producers Board office at (806) 352-2191, by email at info@texaswheat.org or visit http://www.texaswheat.org.
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