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Soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal has been selected as this year’s World Food Prize Laureate, receiving a $250,000 award for his work in promoting soils for sustainable development.

Karen Hearn has been promoted to vice president of domestic marketing for the California Table Grape Commission and Harold Weisfeld, founder of Fruit Distributing Corp. of California, Commerce, died on June 2.

USSEC confirms Beth Schulte as its new CFO and Mac Marshall joins the United Soybean Board staff.

The National FFA Organization has removed Lyle Logemann, the organization’s western region vice president, from its national officer team after the emergence of “concerning” social media posts.

Danny Dumas has decided to leave Del Monte Fresh Produce and the Almond Board of California has submitted names to the Department of Agriculture for positions on its board.

Christa Lachenmayr has been appointed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s liaison to the Department of Agriculture and Swen Neufeldt has been named group vice president and president of Hormel Foods International Corp.

Christa Lachenmayr, a senior agricultural economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has been appointed the Commission’s liaison to the Department of Agriculture.

Alberto Obregon has been hired as director of global procurement for Vision Import

Sen. Pat Roberts' chief of staff steps down and Michael Torrey Associates hires two new staff members.

Edwin A. (Ed) Jaenke, former governor of the Farm Credit Administration, died Tuesday of complications of lung cancer at the Windsor Meade Retirement Community in Williamsburg, Va. He was 89.