Farm Hands on the Potomac: Nickerson named deputy chief economist at USDA

05/13/20 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Cindy Nickerson has been named deputy chief economist at USDA and CAST has selected Alexa Lamm as the recipient of the 2020 Borlaug CAST Communication Award.

Hannah Pagel
Associate Editor

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