[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62238-62239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17793]


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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 12 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, 2006, until September 30, 2009 with the 
exception of Category CC, which is a 2-year term expiring on September 
30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: E-
mail: [email protected]; Fax: 202-720-6199; Mail/Hand Delivery/
Courier: National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board; Research Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board Office, Room 344A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture; STOP 2255; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-2255.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Dunn, Executive Director, 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board, Telephone: 202-720-3684.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 802 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 authorized the creation of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension,

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Education, Economics Advisory Board. The Board is composed of 31 
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 12 of the 31 members expired in September 2006. 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 9 new members and 3 re-appointments are as follows: 
Category A. ``National Farm Organization,'' Joseph H. Layton, Owner and 
Operator, Lazy Day Farms, LLC, Vienna, MD; Category C. ``Food and 
Animal Commodity Producer,'' Carol A. Keiser-Long, President, C-BAR 
Cattle Co. Inc.; and President, C-ARC Enterprises, Inc., Champaign, IL; 
Category E. ``National Animal Commodity,'' George P. Watts, President, 
National Chicken Council, Washington, DC; Category F. ``National Crop 
Commodity,'' Charles B. Coley, President, Coley Gin & Fertilizer 
Company/Managing Partners; Coley Farms, Vienna, GA; Category K. 
``National Human Health Association,'' John Cunningham, Deputy Provost 
and Professor of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; 
Category P. ``Hispanic-Serving Institutions,'' Ricardo Chavez Rel, 
Assistant to the Dean, Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative 
Extension Service, College of Agriculture & Home Economics, Las Cruces, 
NM; Category R. ``Non Land-Grant College and University with a Historic 
Commitment to Research in Food and Agricultural Science,'' James R. 
Clark, Dean and Vice Chancellor, College of Agriculture, Science and 
Engineering, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX; Category T. 
``Transportation of Food and Agricultural Products to Domestic and 
Foreign Markets'', James Lugg, Executive Vice-President Fresh Express/
President TransFRESH Corporation, Salinas, CA, Category V, ``Food and 
Fiber Processors,'' Mary Wagner, Chief Technology Officer, E & J Gallo 
Winery, Modesto, CA; Category AA. ``Private Sector Organization 
involved in International Development,'' William J. Hudson, President & 
CEO, World Food Logistics Organization, Alexandria, VA; Category CC. 
``Research Agency of the Federal Government Other than USDA, David 
Thomassen, Chief Scientist, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC; 
Category DD. ``National Social Science Association'', James J. Zuiches, 
Vice Chancellor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 18th day of October 2006.
Merle Pierson,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
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