Articles Tagged with ''U.S. Grains Council''

The Brazilian government has upheld its 18% tariff on American ethanol to the dismay of U.S. industry groups.

Republican Rep. Vince Fong was sworn in Monday to fill the seat of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Fong won a special election in May to represent California’s 20th congressional district, including parts of Fresno, Tulare, Kern and Kings counties in the Central Valley. The district accounts for 9% of California’s annual agriculture sales and ranks 24th of all congressional districts in the value of agricultural products sold, according to 2022 Ag Census data published by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Sheryl Wallace has been named CEO of Ardent Mills, the flour milling joint venture of ConAgra, Cargill and CHS, and the U.S. Grains Council has named Ankit Chandra as senior manager of global ethanol market development.

Aubrey Bettencourt is the new global director of government relations and external affairs at Netafim, Orbia's precision agriculture business group. Aubrey will direct Netafim’s advocacy strategy as well lead government relations and efforts to develop strategic partnerships. She had been president and CEO of the Almond Alliance of California since 2021.

Chris Turner has been appointed chief commercial officer at Pivot Bio, a biotechnology company in Berkeley,

Tom Snipes has been appointed CEO of Custom Agronomics, Nona McCoy has joined the Torrey Advisory Group as a vice president, and Aubrey Bettencourt steps down from the helm at the Almond Alliance.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative has a temporary new chief transparency officer and Monument Advocacy has a new vice president of government relations in the organization’s food and agriculture practice.

Mark Becker has been tapped as the CEO of Mosaic Flavors, succeeding Jim Miller who held the position since August 2022.

Brendan Lynch has been appointed to serve as the assistant United States Trade Representative for South and Central Asia and ADAMA has appointed two new members to its executive team.