Articles by Hannah Pagel

The Consumer Brands Association has promoted John Hewitt and Justin Warren is the new chief financial officer at Del Rey Avocado.

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.

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 has announced his intent to appoint seven Department of Agriculture regional positions and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled four senior staff positions.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack confirms that USDA is expecting to spend about $1 billion from the Commodity Credit Corp. for developing climate-smart agricultural commodities.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled four senior staff positions at USDA, including naming a deputy administrator for the Farm Service Agency and the chief of staff for the Farm Production and Conservation mission area.

Darren Filkins has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Harris Farms and after 36 years with Mission Produce, Ross Wileman will retire as senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Scott Herndon has been named the new president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and President Joe Biden has announced the appointments of eight individuals to serve in regional roles at USDA.

The Supreme Court is expected to announce today whether it will hear a challenge to California’s Proposition 12, which sets standards for pork or veal that comes from animals without a minimum amount of space.

Gerald Bange, who served 43 years at the Department of Agriculture, including 20 as chairman of the World Ag Outlook Board, died Thursday, Jan. 13.