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Rod Snyder, president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, is the Environmental Protection Agency’s new agriculture adviser, pleasing ag groups that had backed him for the position.

Angela Fraser has been promoted at the California Avocado Commission and USDA announces new staff additions.

The Department of Agriculture has announced new key staff positions, and the former CEO of the American Soybean Association, Ryan Findlay, has joined Farmers Edge.

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

Tom Gallagher has announced his retirement from Dairy Management Inc., and Barbara O’Brien has been named as the new CEO.

The dairy checkoff is set to gain new leadership with Tom Gallagher leaving DMI after 30 years at the helm.

Western Growers will honor Carol Chandler with the 2021 award of honor and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has tapped Ted McKinney to be the organization’s new CEO.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has tapped Ted McKinney to be the organization’s new CEO, and President Joe Biden has selected civil rights lawyer Margo Schlanger to be USDA’s assistant secretary for civil rights.

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is getting a well-known figure in the ag policy arena for its next CEO: Former U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney.

President Joe Biden has selected a veteran civil rights lawyer who teaches at the University of Michigan to lead the civil rights office at the Agriculture Department, which is under pressure to address long-standing complaints about discrimination.