[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-08026]


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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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