The American Soybean Association applauds the nominations of Richard Fordyce to serve as the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC), Dudley Hoskins to serve as the USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) and Luke Lindberg to serve as the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA).

Steve Censky, ASA Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement, “As a fourth-generation farmer himself, Richard understands the importance of farm, risk management, and conservation programs to farmers. He has been a leader not only within the soybean industry, but also for the State of Missouri and then all of the United States during his time as Administrator of USDA’s Farm Service Agency. I know from working with him in all these roles that he will do an incredible job for American agriculture, and I’m thrilled by his nomination.

Likewise, I’m so pleased with the nomination of Dudley Hoskins. Dudley has been a longstanding friend of U.S. soybean farmers. Having the opportunity to work closely with him during my time as Deputy Secretary at USDA, he has a deep background in agriculture policy and understands how the work of the MRP mission area impacts U.S. farmers and ranchers.

I also want to congratulate and welcome Luke Lindberg to the USDA family. From his work leading South Dakota’s trade expansion efforts, Luke understands the importance of trade to farmers, ranchers, and rural America. ASA looks forward to continuing our work with the TFAA mission area on trade issues, including the continued development of new markets and the expansion of existing markets for U.S. soy.”

ASA congratulates Mr. Fordyce, Mr. Hoskins and Mr. Lindberg on their nominations and looks forward to working with them in their new roles.