Items Tagged with 'Illinois Soybean Association'

Xochitl Torres Small has officially been confirmed as USDA’s new deputy agriculture secretary and Jill Bramble has been tapped as the new president and CEO of the National 4-H Council.

The Department of Agriculture has tapped Ellen Luger as the next minister counselor of agriculture in Rome for the Foreign Agricultural Service and Erica Chabot is the new majority staff director for the Senate Agriculture Committee,

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

Farmers throughout the United States said they are worried skyrocketing diesel prices will cut into their profits this year, even as some of them benefit from booming commodity markets. 

JBS USA has named Karla Thieman senior vice president, public policy and government affairs, and Sarah Gallo has joined the Consumer Brands Association.

Campbell Soup Company has named Stewart Lindsay vice president of corporate responsibility and sustainability and Phillip Hayes has announced he has taken a new role with Farmland Partners.

Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., makes a big announcement, USDA names new staff and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced their CEO will retire at the end of the year.

Craig Ratajczyk, most recently CEO for the Illinois Soybean Association, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has strained many of America’s established systems— particularly the economy, healthcare, and agriculture— and how we’re opening ourselves to vulnerabilities that threaten our health, safety, and security.

Spiro Stefanou has been selected to serve as the new administrator of USDA’s Economic Research Service and Paul Schlegel announced his retirement from the American Farm Bureau Federation.