Items Tagged with 'U.S. Wheat Associates'

The U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department are dispatching $54 million in food, water, hygiene supplies, blankets and other emergency goods to Ukrainians trying to survive the invasion of Russian troops.

Rod Snyder has been picked to be the Environmental Protection Agency’s new agriculture adviser, and former Rep. Xochitl Torres Small has been confirmed by the Senate to become the Agriculture Department’s undersecretary for rural development.

Tyllor Ledford has joined the U.S. Wheat Associates’ West Coast office and Jon Reiter joins the board at Conterra Ag Capital.

Val Dolcini joins Syngenta’s Washington office, starting Aug. 2., as head of business sustainability and government affairs for North America, and Kamau Marshall joins USTR.

The National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research has tapped Laura Peterson to be the new executive director, and Jess McCarron has left the Senate Ag Committee.

President-elect Joe Biden has selected some familiar names to lead key agencies in his new administration, including Tom Vilsack to lead the Department of Agriculture.

Sean Martin joins California Giant Berry Farms and Eagle Eye hired Joe Ange.

The National Pork Board makes new leadership changes and CHS has a new executive VP.