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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a Minnesota Republican in his second term in Congress and on the House Agriculture Committee, died Thursday after a three-year battle with stage four kidney cancer. He was 59.
Margaret Zeigler has been named as the United States representative for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, and the National Grocers Association has made several staff promotions.
UnitedAg has tapped Jayson Welter to serve as general counsel and Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Nora Vargas to sit on the California Air Resources Board.
Darci Vetter has joined The Nature Conservancy and EPA Administrator Michael Regan has announced the appointment of Robin Morris Collin to be EPA’s senior adviser to the administrator for environmental justice.
The Biden administration has selected five state leaders to Rural Development and Farm Service Agency offices and the National Pork Board has tapped Dustin Oedekoven as the organization’s new chief veterinarian.