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Sunday, October 17, 2021
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.
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.
Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wisc., makes a big announcement, USDA names new staff and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced their CEO will retire at the end of the year.
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Chavonda Jacobs-Young to become undersecretary for research, education, and economics and USDA's chief scientist, and Pat Wolff joined the Maryland Farm Bureau as senior director of national affairs.
A leading ag youth organization has a new chief staffer, the leader of rural outreach for the Democratic National Committee takes a new job, and more in this week's Farm Hands.
Brian Antle has returned to Tanimura and Antle as the new executive vice president of sales and Fall Creek Farm & Nursery, Inc., has brought on Denis Koh as the new chief financial officer.
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.
The Department of the Interior has announced new leadership, former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has joined The Heritage Foundation, and Blake Rollins has been selected to serve as Missouri Farm Bureau’s chief administrative officer.
President Joe Biden has nominated Doug Parker to be the assistant secretary for occupational safety and health at the Department of Labor and plans to nominate Republican Cindy McCain as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. World Food Programme.
