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

Jon Doggett has announced plans to leave the National Corn Growers Association next year, and Governor Kathy Hochul has appointed Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New York.

The USDA on Thursday reported yet another Chinese purchase of more than a million metric tons of U.S. corn, pushing cumulative U.S. corn sales to China so far in the current 2021-22 marketing year to roughly 14.7 million metric tons.

The Department on Agriculture has named senior staff positions in the D.C. office and President Biden names new state FSA and RD positions.

Tom Chapman has been selected as the next CEO and executive director of the Organic Trade Association and Dairy MAX has promoted Marty McKinzie to chief growth officer and has brought on Kay Johnson Smith as chief operating officer.

President Joe Biden has named three new state executive directors for the Agriculture Department's Farm Service Agency and six state USDA Rural Development directors, and Elaine Trevino has withdrawn from the nomination process to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Kimberly Atkins is joining Laura Wood Peterson Consulting as a vice president and Kelly Gast is the new chief financial officer of Bayer’s Crop Science division.

Robert Califf is one step closer to a second tenure as head of the Food and Drug Administration after the Senate voted 49-45 Monday evening to advance his nomination.

Ahsan Faheem has been elevated to vice president of specialty at Vision Produce and Allison Moore has been promoted to executive vice president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.

President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint four people to USDA regional positions and one to a regional EPA position.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., continues to insist on passage of the Build Back Better bill by Christmas, despite ongoing concerns from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., about the package.