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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer have appointed 25 new members to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees.
Secretary Perdue appointed Parag Chitnis as acting director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and has announced the appointment of 15 members to serve on the advisory committee on minority farmers.
Randy Gordon, who has been with the National Grain and Feed Association for the last 43 years and its CEO for the last eight, plans to retire from the organization next year.
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish returns to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and USTR selects 10 panelists to serve on a roster to decide State-to-State disputes under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Ryan Findlay is no longer the CEO of the American Soybean Association and Becky Rasdall joins IDFA as vice president for trade policy and international affairs
A New Mexico man removed from the National FFA officer team earlier this month is threatening to sue the organization for withholding a scholarship given to members who agree to serve as a national officer.