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Robert Guenther has started his own firm, Breakthrough365 Government Relations Strategies, and John Crowley has been tapped as the next president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization.

After more than two years of discussion and more than 130 meetings, the National Milk Producers Federation Board of Directors unanimously endorsed a comprehensive plan to correct shortcomings exacerbated during the pandemic regarding pricing regulations for milk.

Kai Bockmann has been selected as the new president and CEO of Blue Diamond Growers and the Department of Agriculture has made new senior staff changes.

The Department of Agriculture has made new senior staff changes and Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., has been elected by the House Republican Steering Committee as the next chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.

Sara Arsenault has joined the Almond Alliance as its new vice president, overseeing state and federal advocacy and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has elected Adán Ortega as the new chairman of the board of directors.

The National Council for Agricultural Education has tapped Travis Park to be the new director of agricultural education, National FFA board chair and National FFA adviser, and former North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has been named director of the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.

Blue Diamond Growers has named Dean LaVallee as the new chief operating officer, in addition to his current role of chief financial officer.

As almond harvest advanced at a feverish pace in the Central Valley during August, high heat, humidity, along with heavy smoke from neighboring wildfires, created some unique challenges.