LAAs with FSA Office Information

Local Administrative Areas (LAA's) are established as elective areas for FSA county committees in a county or jurisdiction. Single counties are divided into three to five LAA's to enhance the diversification of representation on County Committees (COC). LAA’s do not have to be equal in physical size; however, care should be taken to delineate LAA’s so that the boundaries can be clearly identified by commonly known crop diversity, soil types, roads, creeks, rivers, etc. LAA’s for multi-county jurisdiction may cross State or county lines. Counties with Native American reservation land shall consider tribal reservation boundaries in establishing LAA’s. LAA’s do not have to follow State or county lines. In drawing LAA’s, consideration should be given to: number of farmers and ranchers in each LAA compared with each of the other LAA’s ensuring boundaries are established to ensure that COC members are fairly representative of the agricultural producers in the county or area ensuring that all producers have a maximum equitable opportunity to participate in FSA COC elections types of farming in LAA, such as dryland, irrigated land, range, or cropland geographical conditions in LAA, such as soil types, crop diversity, natural barriers, trade areas local political subdivisions at least 1 or more LAA’s to solely cover tribal reservations, if applicable the fair representation of socially disadvantaged (SDA) producers ensuring equitable representation of producers between LAA’s. Note: Physical size of one LAA in relation to another should not be a critical factor in determining LAA boundaries.地方行政区域（Local Administrative Areas, LAA）被设立为农场服务局（Farm Service Agency, FSA）县级委员会在单县或管辖区域内的选举分区。单个县需划分为3至5个LAA，以提升县级委员会（County Committees, COC）代表构成的多元化程度。LAA无需在物理面积上保持均等，但在划定LAA边界时，应确保边界可通过常见的作物多样性、土壤类型、道路、溪流、河流等标志性要素清晰识别。跨多县的管辖区域内的LAA可跨越州界或县界。包含原住民保留地的县在设立LAA时，应考量部落保留地的边界。LAA无需遵循州界或县界划定。在划定LAA边界时，应考量以下因素：各LAA内的农牧场主数量与其他LAA的对比情况；确保所设立的边界能让COC成员公平代表该县或管辖区域内的农业生产者；确保所有生产者都能获得最大程度的平等机会参与FSA县级委员会选举；LAA内的农业生产类型，例如旱地、灌溉用地、牧场或耕地；LAA内的地理条件，例如土壤类型、作物多样性、天然屏障、贸易区域；地方行政分区；如适用，需至少设置1个及以上LAA专门覆盖部落保留地；社会弱势生产者（Socially Disadvantaged Producers, SDA）的公平代表权；确保各LAA间的生产者享有平等的代表权。注：LAA之间的物理面积差异不应作为划定LAA边界的关键考量因素。