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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
USDA is bringing on six individuals who will hold senior staff positions and promoting two at the department and President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Jeffrey Prescott as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and Summer Mersinger as commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The World Trade Organization has confirmed the appointments of Einar Gunnarsson and Alparslan Acarsoy as trade chairs, and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., and Ranking Member David Scott, D-Ga., have announced the chairs of the House Ag subcommittees.
The Surface Transportation Board has finalized a rule adding two procedures for resolving small-scale rate disputes to its toolbox: a voluntary arbitration program and a new measure known as a final offer rate review.
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon has announced he will step down from the helm next summer and TOMRA Food has hired Paul Slupecki as the new senior vice president and head of TOMRA Fresh Food.
Beth Ellikidis has been tapped as the new vice president, agriculture and environment at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott makes several promotions on the majority agriculture staff.
Mission Produce has hired Cheryl Hoefs as senior vice president of sales and marketing, Jennifer Sanchez has been selected to serve as the first director of planning and data integrity at Church Brothers, and Syngenta announces job changes plus retirements.
Samuel Crowell has joined the American Seed Trade Association as the new senior director of international programs and policy and the National Pork Producers Council has selected Kelly Cushman as its new vice president of domestic policy.
The White House says Gina McCarthy will depart her position as national climate adviser Sept. 16., and will be replaced in that role as well as chair of the Biden administration’s National Climate Task Force by Ali Zaidi, her current deputy.
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,