Items Tagged with 'U.S. Wheat Associates'

State Sen. Anna Caballero was named chair of the Assembly's Senate Committee on Agriculture. Reservoir Farms hired Leticia Hernandez as Salinas site manager. Dorene D’Adamo of Turlock was reappointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to continue serving on the California State Water Resources Control Board. Chris Galen retired from the National Milk Producers Federation. Gabriel Allen of Portola Valley was appointed chief counsel at the California state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. 

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Friday said Taiwan has pledged to purchase some $10 billion of U.S. ag products over the next four years. But exports were already on course to top that figure, raising questions about the deal's value.

The National Pork Board hired David Newman as the organization’s next chief executive officer. The U.S. Wheat Associates hired Ryan Olson as director of trade policy. Tiffany Dowell Lashmet is president-elect of the American American Agricultural Law Association.

Allie Herring is the House Ag Committee's new press secretary. Kate Steel joined the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association International as senior vice president. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association hired Savanna Ronco as director of channel marketing. Laura Ehret was named vice president of program information at The Cotton Board. Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative named Jennifer Block director of value chain partnerships.

Former Biotechnology Innovation Organization vice president Beth Ellikidis joined Syngenta as director of federal affairs. Former Senate Ag Committee staffer Darin Guries will join the Futures Industry Association as vice president of U.S. government relations. Quivira hired former Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small as executive director. Reed Middleton joined Monument Advocacy as a government relations manager on the food and agriculture team.

Longtime U.S. Cattlemen’s Association lobbyist Lia Biondo passed away unexpectedly on July 24. The Pet Food Institute promoted Atalie Ebersole to vice president of government relations and Dana Waters to director of international affairs. The Northeast Dairy Producers Association hired Allyson Jones-Brimmer as executive director. Former U.S. Agency for International Development staff member Grace Burton joined the Farm Journal Foundation as director of government affairs. 

Duane Simpson, formerly with the Bayer Crop Science Division, took over as the leader of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives this week. The International Dairy Foods Association promoted Michelle Albee Matto to vice president of regulatory affairs and nutrition. 

Elisha Modisett Kemp was promoted to head of U.S. government and industry affairs at Corteva Agriscience. David Bergstein was named communications director for Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. Brian Liedl joined the U.S. Wheat Associates as vice president of overseas operations. 

Kyle Kunkler is now the Environmental Protection Agency’s top pesticide officer. The Agricultural Retailers Association hired Alex Enlow as director of communications and member experience. Dow Chemical promoted Colleen Litkenhaus to global director of public policy. 

Trey Elizondo was promoted to senior manager of global policy and strategy at Cargill. The America First policy Institute hired Oliver McPherson-Smith as vice chair for energy and environment. Steve Mercer retired from the U.S. Wheat Associates. 

U.S. ag groups flagged non-reciprocal tariff rates and trade barriers and weighed in on the design of new duties and what the U.S. should do with the revenue in submissions to trade officials.

The National Pork Producers Council hired Kelcy Schaunaman as manager of competition, labor, and tax. Jillien Streit was appointed director of the Montana Department of Agriculture. 

DTB AgriTrade hired Gina Tumbarello as a partner. Phil Radford has departed from the Sierra Club where he previously served as chief strategy officer. The American Coalition for Ethanol board of directors elected new 2025 officers. 

Mike Spier, current vice president of overseas operations at U.S. Wheat Associates, was elected as the group’s next president and CEO by the board of directors. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced staff changes. Naturipe promoted Jim Roberts to president. 

The Congressional Hunger Center named Katharine Emerson, chief of staff for World Food Program USA, as the new chairwoman. The American Agricultural Law Association welcomed its new president-elect, Ashley Ellixson of Arizona, and directors, Chelsea Good of Kansas and Kale Van Bruggen of Minnesota.

Ag policy veteran Kellie Bray is joining the Global Farmer Network as director of partnerships while also starting her own business, KBray Consulting. Patrick Creamer has officially retired from his post as communications director for the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Andrew Walmsley joined the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology as vice president of government relations. Sanah Baig is the new White House senior policy advisor for agriculture and nutrition.