[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08026]
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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 69 / Thursday, April 10, 2014 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Appointment of Members to the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Appointment of members.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces the
appointments made by the Secretary of Agriculture to the 8 vacancies on
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board.
DATES: Appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture are for a 3-year
term, effective October 1, 2013 until September 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board Office, Room 3901, South Building, United
States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0321, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250-0321.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board, Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
Office, Room 3870 South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP:
0321, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-0321.
Telephone: 202-720-3684. Fax: 202-720-6199, or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 802 of the Federal Agricultural
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 authorized the creation of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board. The Board is composed of 25 members, each representing
a specific category related to agriculture. The Board was first
appointed in September 1996 and at the time one-third of the original
members were appointed for one, two, and three-year terms,
respectively. Due to the staggered appointments, the terms for 8 of the
25 members expired September 30, 2013. Each member is appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture to a specific category on the Board, including
farming or ranching, food production and processing, forestry research,
crop and animal science, land-grant institutions, non-land grant
college or university with a historic commitment to research in the
food and agricultural sciences, food retailing and marketing, rural
economic development, and natural resource and consumer interest
groups, among many others. Appointees by vacancy category of the 3 new
members and 5 re-appointments are as follows: Category F. ``National
Food Animal Science Society,'' Govind Kannan, Dean & Director, College
of Agriculture, Family Sciences and Technology, Fort Valley State
University, Fort Valley, GA; Category G. ``National Crop, Soil,
Agronomy, Horticulture, or Weed Science Society,'' Robert Taylor, Dean
and Director of Land Grant Programs, College of Agriculture and Food
Science, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL; Category L. ``1890
Land-Grant Colleges and Universities,'' Chandra Reddy, Dean and
Director/Administrator of Extension, College of Agriculture, Human and
Natural Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN; Category
P. ``American Colleges of Veterinary Medicine,'' Neil Olson, Dean,
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO;
Category T. ``Rural Economic Development,'' Twila L'Ecuyer, Owner, CURE
Group and Owner/Farmer, L'Ecuyer Farms and L'Ecuyer Gardens,
Morrowville, KS; Category U. ``National Consumer Interest Group,'' Rita
Green, Family Resources Management Extension Agent, Mississippi State
University, Grenada, MS; Category V. ``National Forestry Group,''
Steven Daley-Laursen, Senior Executive, Office of the Vice President
for Research and Economic Development and Professor, College of Natural
Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; Category W. ``National
Conservation or Natural Resource Groups,'' Carrie Castille, Associate
Commissioner, Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry, Baton
Rouge, LA.
Done at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of April 2014.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2014-08026 Filed 4-9-14; 8:45 am]
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