[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68598-68599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28147]


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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 9 member positions 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board.

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary of Agriculture are for a 1, 2, or 
3-year term, effective October 1, 2010 until September 30, 2013.

ADDRESSES: National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and 
Economics Advisory Board; Research Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board Office, Room 3901, South Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture; STOP 3401; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-2255.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Robert Burk, Executive Director, 
Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board Office, Room 3901, 
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 e-mail: [email protected].

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

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Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, 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 term, respectively. Due to the 
staggered appointments, the terms for 8 of the 25 members expired 
September 2010. One additional member position was vacant. 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 8 new members and 1 re-appointed member are as 
follows: Category F. ``National Food Animal Science Society,'' Nancy M. 
Cox, Director, Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and Associate 
Dean for Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (re-
appointment); Category G. ``National Crop, Soil, Agronomy, 
Horticulture, or Weed,'' Robert W. Taylor, Dean, School of Agricultural 
and Environmental Sciences, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL; 
Category K. ``1862 Land-Grant Colleges and Universities,'' Milo J. 
Shult, Vice President for Agriculture, University of Arkansas Division 
of Agriculture, Little Rock, AR; Category L. ``1890 Land-Grant Colleges 
and Universities, Chandra Reddy, Dean, School of Agriculture and 
Consumer Sciences, Tennessee State University; Category P. ``American 
Colleges of Veterinary Medicine,'' Cyril R. Clark, Dean, College of 
Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Category 
T. ``Rural Economic Development,'' Jeanette T. Ishii, Economic 
Development Coordinator, Fresno County Administrative Office, Fresno, 
CA; Category U. ``National Consumer Interest Group,'' Rita W. Green, 
Family Resource Management Extension Agent, Mississippi State 
University, Grenada, MS; Category V. ``National Forestry Group,'' 
Steven Daley-Laursen, Senior Executive to the President and Professor, 
Office of the President, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; Category W. 
``National Conservation or Natural Resource Groups,'' Carrie L. 
Castille, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Louisiana Department of 
Agriculture & Forestry, Baton Rouge, LA.

    Done at Washington, DC, this 29th day of October 2010.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2010-28147 Filed 11-5-10; 8:45 am]
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