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Farm Hands West: Port of Oakland adds Basler for new role

04/16/25 7:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

The Port of Oakland hired Andre Basler to fill a newly-created director of operations position. Rack & Riddle, the largest custom sparkling wine producer in the U.S., hired Jeff Tuttle as CEO.

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Farm Hands West: Bressler to lead CPPA, McKenney promoted at Oakland Board of Port Commissioners

02/19/25 7:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

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The California Pork Producers Association named Mackenzie Bressler as executive director. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners named Kristi McKenney as the port’s new executive director. Janea Scott is joining Sacramento energy and climate lobbying firm, Caliber Strategies.

Farm Hands West: Penn new Foster Farms CEO

03/27/24 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

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Jayson Penn is the new CEO of Foster Farms and the Port of Oakland has appointed Diego González as the new government affairs manager.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Wengryn selected New Jersey Ag Secretary

03/27/24 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

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Edward Wengryn has been selected to serve as the next New Jersey secretary of agriculture and Leslee Oden has been tapped as the next president and CEO of the National Turkey Federation.

Daybreak July 26: Odesa makes preparations to resume grain exports

07/26/22 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

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Odesa, Ukraine, port officials are making preparations to resume grain exports despite uncertainty over the survival of a deal struck Friday with Turkey, Russia and the United Nations to allow a resumption of trade, according to the firm UkrAgroConsult.

USDA announces Houston port partnership

06/22/22 6:18 AM By Haley Bickelhaupt

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USDA announced a partnership with the Port of Houston to improve exports of U.S. agricultural goods along the gulf and eastern shores.

Daybreak Feb. 1: NCBA set to debate reforms

02/01/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Spencer Chase, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

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The fate of a key cattle market reform proposal is at stake as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association kicks off its annual convention today in Houston.

USDA aims to replicate container yard expansions at ports for ag

01/31/22 5:26 PM By Bill Tomson

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The USDA will fund 60% of the cost of adding a new 25-acre container yard at the Port of Oakland, while also subsidizing ag exporters' shipping expenses, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Biden administration wants to repeat the project elsewhere.

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