Items Tagged with 'Trey Forsyth'

Justin Benavidez, who was chief economist for the House Agriculture Committee's Republican staff for the past three years, is succeeding Seth Meyer as USDA chief economist.

The Agriculture Department announced a slate of new political appointments, including many names familiar to the food and agriculture community: Trey Forsyth, Kelsey Barnes, Bill Beam and Tucker Stewart, among others. 

The National Corn Growers Association hired Gretchen Kuck as an economist. John Stewart was promoted to senior adviser of government affairs at Elanco. Mark Sanborn joined the Environmental Protection Agency as a regional administrator in Boston. 

The Trump administration has named Jaye Hamby director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and appointed new policy advisers, chiefs of staff for four USDA mission areas, and senior personnel for communications and external relations.