Articles by Hannah Pagel

The next World Food Prize Laureate is selected, a new IDB president is nominated and lots of other job changes within key agencies and organizations.

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.

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.

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

COVID-19 brought a wave of new economic challenges that producers are still working through. But for beginning farmers, the pandemic has added a new level of stress that's making it that much harder to get started in agriculture, echoing the psychological toll of the 1980s.

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

Tim Hammerich joined Cogent Consulting and Communications as senior director of strategic communications and Scott Horsfall retires from the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA).