Mankato is a city in and the county seat of Jewell County,Kansas,United States. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 836.
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III is an American veterinarian,businessman,politician,and university administrator who served as the 31st United States Secretary of Agriculture from 2017 to 2021. He previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011;Perdue was the first Republican to hold the office since the Reconstruction era.
Charles Patrick Roberts is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives,from 1981 to 1997,before his election to the Senate.
The Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition,and Forestry is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of all matters relating to the nation's agriculture industry,farming programs,forestry and logging,and legislation relating to nutrition,home economics,and rural development.
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities,Risk Management,and Trade is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition and Forestry.
The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is the foreign affairs agency with primary responsibility for the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) overseas programs –market development,international trade agreements and negotiations,and the collection of statistics and market information. It also administers the USDA's export credit guarantee and food aid programs and helps increase income and food availability in developing nations by mobilizing expertise for agriculturally led economic growth. The FAS mission statement reads,"Linking U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security," and its motto is "Linking U.S. Agriculture to the World."
In the United States,a commodity checkoff program promotes and provides research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. It collects funds through a checkoff mechanism that is sometimes called checkoff dollars,from producers of a particular agricultural commodity and uses these funds to promote and do research on that particular commodity. As stated earlier the organizations must promote their commodity in a generic way without reference to a particular producer. Checkoff programs attempt to improve the market position of the covered commodity by expanding markets,increasing demand,and developing new uses and markets. Checkoff programs amount to $750 million per year.
Charles Lambert was appointed Deputy Under Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture Marketing and Regulatory Programs mission area by then-Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman on December 2,2002.
National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is an American trade association and lobbying group working for American beef producers.
American Farmland Trust is a nonprofit organization in the United States with a mission to protect farmland,promote environmentally sound farming practices,and keep farmers on the land. AFT is staffed by farmers,policy experts,researchers and scientists,and governed by a board of directors. Its headquarters are in Washington,D.C.,and it has regional offices throughout the country. AFT also runs the Farmland Information Center,an online collection of information on farmland and ranchland protection and stewardship established as a public-private partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Nancy Erickson is an American political aide who served as the 32nd Secretary of the United States Senate from 2007 to 2015. She began her term as Secretary on January 4,2007,in the 110th Congress. Erickson was appointed by Democratic and Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
Don Hineman is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 118th district. He has served since 2009. He was the Majority leader from 2017 to 2019.
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition,Specialty Crops,Organics,and Research is one of five subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture,Nutrition and Forestry.
The Chief Agricultural Negotiator is an ambassador of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) responsible for conducting and overseeing international negotiations related to trade in agricultural products. The Chief Agricultural Negotiator is compensated at the rate payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) is an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia that is responsible for promoting the economic growth and development of Virginia's agricultural sector. It also provides environmental protection services and consumer protection programs.
J. Christopher Giancarlo is an American attorney and former business executive who served as 13th chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Giancarlo was sworn in as a CFTC commissioner on June 16,2014 for a term expiring on April 13,2019. Starting on January 20,2017,with President Donald Trump's inauguration,Giancarlo began serving as acting chair of the CFTC. In March 2017,the president nominated Giancarlo to be full-time chair of the commission. Giancarlo was confirmed as chairman of the commission by the United States Senate on August 3,2017.
William Thompson Bagley is an American politician in the state of California.
Heath Price Tarbert is an American lawyer and former government official who most recently served as the 14th Chairman and a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Prior to leading the CFTC,he served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development and as acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. As of April 6,2021,he is the Chief Legal Officer of Citadel Securities.
Dawn DeBerry Stump is an American businesswoman and government official. She is the president of Stump Strategic,a consulting firm that she founded in 2016. Stump became a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission after being nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the United States Senate.
Ted McKinney is an American government official who served as under secretary of agriculture for trade and foreign agricultural affairs. Prior to assuming this position,McKinney served as director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture from 2014 to 2017. In September 2021,Ted McKinney was named chief executive officer of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
