VILSACK TO JOIN TEAM DAIRY: After running a department with seven different mission areas ranging from food safety and nutrition to rural development and foreign markets, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will narrow his focus to dairy exports in his next act. The 66-year-old Iowan, who helped strike a compromise on the dairy insurance program that got the 2014 farm bill across the finish line, will end his stint as the longest-serving member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet by becoming president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, Agri-Pulse reported on Monday, citing a source familiar with the decision.
The group, which maintains an office in Arlington, Va., just a few doors down from the National Milk Producers Federation, works to expand market access for U.S. dairy products abroad and was established 20 years ago by Dairy Management Inc., which runs the industry’s checkoff program.
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