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Michael Torrey Associates has brought Katie Naessens onto its policy team and Autumn Price announed she is leaving Land O’Lakes.

The Department of Agriculture has filled six senior staff positions, and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition has added two to its policy team.

Jeanne Merrill is stepping down from the California Climate and Agriculture Network where she was the founding policy director.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected Joby Young as its new executive vice president, and USDA announced the names of five officials who will lead state Rural Development and Farm Service Agency offices.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected Joby Young, a former Trump administration official with Capitol Hill experience, as its new executive vice president.

President Joe Biden has picked five officials from across the country to head up local Agriculture Department efforts.

Sammy Duda has been named CEO-elect of DUDA and Robert Verloop has been named executive director and chief executive officer of the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission.

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council has selected Greg Tyler as its president and CEO, and Paul Sauder as chairman of the board.

After months of delay, President Biden has finally nominated a longtime USDA staff member as the chief ag negotiator at USTR and Ocean Mist Farms has hired Jenny Rivera.

President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime aide to be the chief agricultural negotiator for the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., has joined the House Agriculture Committee.