[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 7005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1877]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Appointment to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture 
Statistics

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notification of appointment to the Advisory Committee on 
Agriculture Statistics.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of Agriculture announces members 
appointed to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics, in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Reilly, Executive Director, 
Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, 1400 
Independence Avenue SW., Room 5041A South Building, Washington, DC 
20250-2000. Telephone: 202-720-4333, Fax: 202-720-9013, or e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The appointment for the twenty-five member 
committee, which has representation across seven categories which 
covers a broad range of agricultural disciplines and interests, was 
signed on November 16, 2005. Appointed members, by their associated 
category are: Consumer and Information Organizations--John Baugh, West 
Lafayette, IN; Janice Gengenbach, Smithfield, NE; Kent Schescke, 
Carmel, IN; Educational Organizations--R. Edmund Gomez, Alcalde, NM; 
Barry Goodwin, Cary, NC; Ron Plain, Columbia, MO. Farm Services 
Organizations--Jacklyn Folsom, Cabot, VT; John Hays, Alexandria, VA; 
Doris Mold, Cumberland, WI; Ranvir Singh, Marysville, CA; John Smylie, 
Palatine, IL. Government Agencies--Karen Klonsky, Winters, CA. National 
Farm Organizations--Patricia Berglund, Fargo, ND; Brent Blauch, 
Mechanicsburg, PA; Peter Daniel, Raleigh, NC; Terry Francl, Crofton, 
MD. Producer and Marketing Organizations--Gary Adams, Cordova, TN; Carl 
Brothers, Stuttgart, AR; Roger Cryan, Fairfax, VA; William Lapp, Omaha, 
NE; Lucy Meyring, Walden, CO; James Robb, Lakewood, CO; Ira 
Silvergleit, Alexandria, VA. Professional Organizations--Frank Howell, 
Starkville, MS; A. Gene Nelson, College Station, TX.
    The duties of the Committee are solely advisory. The Committee will 
make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture with regards to 
the agricultural statistics program of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service (NASS) and such other matters as it may deem 
advisable, or which the Secretary of Agriculture, Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, or the Administrator of NASS may 
request. The Advisory Committee meeting will be held on February 14-15, 
2006. All meetings are open to the public. Committee members will be 
reimbursed for official travel expenses only.

    Signed at Washington, DC, January 18, 2006.
R. Ronald Bosecker,
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
[FR Doc. E6-1877 Filed 2-9-06; 8:45 am]
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