Oregon Dept. of Agriculture recruiting for 9 commodity commissioner openings
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon Department of Agriculture seeks applicants to fill nine commissioner seats on seven of the state’s agricultural and commercial fisheries commodity commissions.
The deadline to apply is Thursday, July 25th.
For instructions on how to apply or to learn more about commissions, visit oda.direct/commissions.
The Director of the ODA appoints commissioners. Once selected commissioners serve as public officials; most serve three-year terms. Their duties include making decisions about funding for promotion, education, and research projects. The Director is seeking applicants representing the diversity among Oregon’s farmers, ranchers, processors, and commercial fisheries. For public members, users of the commodity who have an interest and time to serve are often the best fit.
A public member must be a U.S. citizen, an Oregon resident, and have an active interest in improving economic conditions for the commodity. A public member cannot be directly associated with producing or handling the specific commodity they seek to serve.
Applicants for producer or handler positions must also be U.S. citizens, an Oregon resident, and have paid or collected the assessment for that particular commodity for the previous three years or longer in some cases. A producer is defined as a grower or harvester. A handler is the first to buy the commodity from the producer and is often a processor, distributor, or marketer.
The following commodity commissions have openings:
Oregon Albacore Commission – 1 producer (P1) & 1 handler (H1)
Oregon Dairy Products Commission – *1 producer (P2)
*P2 - (Central and Eastern Oregon (Malheur, Baker, Wallowa, Union, Grant, Umatilla, Harney, Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, Hood River, Wasco, Morrow, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, and Lake counties)
Oregon Hemp Commission – 1 producer (P1)
Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission – 2 producers (P2, P5)
Oregon Sheep Commission –1 handler (H2)
Oregon Strawberry Commission – 1 producer (P3)
Oregon Sweet Cherry Commission – *1 producer (P4)
*(Wasco and Hood River Counties)
