WASHINGTON, May 12, 2003 – Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman
and U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick today announced the private
sector appointees to seven agricultural trade advisory committees.
The members appointed to the Agricultural Policy Advisory
Committee for Trade (APAC) and six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees for Trade (ATACs)
will serve two-year appointments that coincide with the continuation of the Bush
Administration’s aggressive push to open foreign markets to U.S. agricultural products.
"The future of U.S. agriculture hinges on our success in the
international marketplace," said Veneman. "The members of the committees provide expertise and
unique knowledge of the latest trade trends in the food and agricultural sector to assist
with the development of effective negotiating objectives."
"American agriculture has provided critical support for our agenda
of opening markets and expanding opportunities around the world, because when American
farmers can compete fairly, they win. Coordinating with our agriculture community will
continue to be important as the tempo of negotiations for global, regional and bilateral trade
agreements intensifies," Zoellick said. "We must have the best possible advice and consultation as
negotiations for the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Agenda, the Free Trade Area
of the Americas and our free trade agreement talks with Central America, Morocco, the
Southern African Customs Union, and Australia proceed."
Congress established these committees in 1974 to ensure a private
sector voice in establishing U.S. trade policy and trade negotiation objectives. Members on the
APAC and ATACs are important to advancing the Administration’s aggressive agenda to
liberalize agricultural trade, expanding access for U.S. food and agricultural products in
overseas markets, and reducing unfair competition.
Agricultural products face extensive barriers in foreign markets
including tariffs and non-tariff measures. U.S. exports of high-value products have increased and
are expected to continue to be a significant factor in agricultural trade. Therefore, USDA and
USTR have established a new processed foods ATAC.
The APAC provides advice on overall policy objectives regarding
agricultural trade issues. The ATACs offer more detailed technical advice and information on
specific commodities. The six ATACs are:
· Animals and Animal
Products
· Fruits and
Vegetables
· Grains, Feed, and
Oilseeds
· Processed
Foods
· Sweeteners and Sweetener
Products
· Cotton, Peanuts, Planting
Seeds, and Tobacco
APAC and ATAC members are appointed primarily for their expertise
and knowledge of agricultural trade as it relates to policy and commodity-specific
products. Lists of members by committee are attached.
Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for TradeNAME | COMPANY | Charles D. Ahlem | Charles Ahlem Ranch | Gaylon B. Booker | National Cotton Council | James P. "Patrick" Boyle | American Meat Institute | Carl W. Brothers | Riceland Foods, Inc. | Joyce Cacho | Rabobank International | James P. Camerlo | Dairy Farmers of America | Karen B. Caplan | United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association | Stephen L. Censky | American Soybean Association | Richard T. Crowder | American Seed Trade Association | Paul A. Drazek | DTB Associates, LLP | Michael D. Dykes | Monsanto Company | Audrae Erickson | Corn Refiners Association, Inc. | Carol Tucker Foreman | Consumer Federation of America | Richard L. Gady | ConAgra Foods, Inc. | Nicholas D. Giordano | National Pork Producers Council | David R. Graves | National Council of Farmer Cooperatives | Thomas A. Hammer | National Oilseed Processors Association | Lucian J. "Jack" Hunt, III | King Ranch, Inc. | Kenneth R. Johannes | Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. | John R. Keeling | National Potato Council | Robert P. Koch | Wine Institute | Luther A. Markwart | American Sugarbeet Growers Association | Gary C. Martin | North American Export Grain Association | Chester M. "Manly" Molpus | Grocery Manufacturers of America | Thomas A. Nassif | Western Growers | Charles J. "Joe" O'Mara | O'Mara and Associates | Karen Ross | CA Association of Winegrape Growers | Christian E. Schlect | Northwest Horticultural Council | Roy R. "Bob" Stallman, Jr. | American Farm Bureau Federation | Michael J. Stuart | Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association | James H. Sumner | USA Poultry & Egg Export Council | Constance E. Tipton | International Dairy Foods Association | Alan T. Tracy | U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc. | Elizabeth C. Ward | American Forest and Paper Association | Rodger L. Wasson | California Strawberry Commission |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Animals and Animal Products
NAME |
COMPANY |
Jaime A. Castaneda |
National Milk Producers Federation |
Thomas M. Cook |
National Renderers Association, Inc. |
Gregory F. Doud |
National Cattlemen's Beef Association |
Richard A. Ellinghuysen |
Producers Livestock Marketing
Association |
Richard G. Fritz |
U.S. Meat Export Federation |
John D. Hardin, Jr. |
John Hardin Farms |
Dana R. Hauck |
Pike Trail Cattle Co., Inc. |
James R. Hoben |
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation |
John E. Hogan |
John Hogan, Attorney |
Teresa J. Howes |
American Farm Bureau Federation |
Gregory A. Ibach |
Nebraska Department of Agriculture |
John W. Lincoln |
Linholm Farm & New York Farm Bureau |
Thomas W. May |
Trugman-Nash, Inc. |
Dennis D. McDonald |
Open Spear Ranch |
David L. Meeker |
National Turkey Federation |
Daniel P. Meyer |
American Dairy Products Institute |
Toby D. Moore |
USA Poultry & Egg Export Council |
Michael L. Mullins |
Cargill, Inc. |
James E. Peterson |
Jim Peterson Ranch |
John J. Reddington |
American Meat Institute |
William P. Roenigk |
National Chicken Council |
Alicia Sanchez |
Red Doc Farm |
Donald H. Schriver |
Dairy Farmers of America |
Jane E. Shey |
Shey & Associates |
Manuel S. Souza |
Mel-Delin Dairy |
Thomas M. Suber |
U.S. Dairy Export Council |
Jeffery M. Swain |
Booth Creek Management Corporation |
James E. Tillison |
Alliance of Western Milk Producers |
Gene L. Wiese |
Wiese & Sons |
Caren A. Wilcox |
Caren Wilcox and Associates |
Dennis C. Wolff |
Pen-Col Farms |
Robert D. Yonkers |
National Cheese Institute |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for
Trade in Fruits Animals and Vegetables
NAME |
COMPANY |
Dennis A. Balint |
California Walnut Commission |
Gerald K. Ball |
Gary Ball, Inc. |
John P. Baranek |
The Herzog Company |
Douglas C. Bournique |
Indian River Citrus League |
Susan L. Brauner |
Blue Diamond Growers |
Reginald L. Brown |
Florida Tomato Exchange |
Lauri D. Buckley |
A. Duda and Sons, Inc. |
James C. Christie |
Bryant Christie, Inc. |
Henry A. Collin, III |
Sunsweet Growers |
Alice M. Dettwyler |
American Agri-Women |
Chris A. Eckert |
Eckert Orchards, Inc. |
Hugh W. "Wally" Ewart |
California Citrus Quality Council |
Nancy E. Foster |
U.S. Apple Association |
Carolyn B. Gleason |
McDermott, Will & Emery |
Robert L. Guenther
|
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association |
Daniel D. Haley |
Haley and Associates |
Julian B. Heron |
Tuttle, Taylor, and Heron |
John M. Himmelberg |
O'Connor & Hannan, LLP |
Richard A. Hudgins |
California Canning Peach Association |
Arthur G. Kawamura |
Orange County Produce, LLC |
Roger J. Knutzen |
Knutzen Farms, LP |
Barry F. Kriebel |
Sun-Maid Growers of California |
Andrew W. LaVigne |
Florida Citrus Mutual |
Joseph C. MacIlvaine |
Paramount Farming Company |
John M. McClung |
Texas Produce Association |
Kevin D. Moffitt |
Pear Bureau Northwest |
Joel A. Nelsen |
California Citrus Mutual |
James A. Pandol |
Pandol Brothers, Inc. |
Mark R. Powers |
Northwest Horticultural Council |
Freddie L. Richards, Sr. |
Prairie View A&M University |
Joseph A. Rollo |
Wine Institute |
Robert I. Schramm |
Schramm, Williams and Associates, Inc. | Susan Spence | New York Wine & Grape Foundation | Michael J. Wootton | Sunkist Growers | Joseph C. Zanger | Casa de Fruta Orchards and Complex |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for
Trade in Grain, Feed, and Oilseeds
NAME |
COMPANY |
Mark T. Anderson |
Anderson Hay and Grain Co., Inc. |
Gary R. Blumenthal |
World Perspectives, Inc. |
David A. Bossman |
American Feed Industry Association |
Kyd D. Brenner |
DTB Associates, LLP |
Thomas P. Buis |
National Farmers Union |
Robert E. Cummings, Jr. |
USA Rice Federation
|
Steven J. Daugherty |
Pioneer, A Dupont Company |
Dennis R. DeLaughter |
Progressive Farm Management, Inc. |
Neal H. Fisher |
North Dakota Wheat Commission |
Dwain L. Ford |
Ford Farms / M&D Seed Co. |
John D. Gordley |
Gordley Associates, Inc. |
Paul B. Green |
Paul B. Green International Marketing Consultant |
John K. Hansen |
Nebraska Farmers Union |
Kenneth L. Hobbie |
U.S. Grains Council |
Mark E. Hodges |
Oklahoma Wheat Commission |
Lurlin L. Hoelscher |
Hoelscher Ag Dist., Inc. & Agri Ltd. By
Hoelscher |
Herbert S. Karst |
Karag, Inc. |
Alan R. Kemper |
Kemper Farms |
Larry W. Kleingartner |
National Sunflower Association |
Donald E. Latham |
Latham Seed Company |
David C. Lyons |
Louis Dreyfus Corporation |
Timothy D. McGreevy |
USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council |
Owen J. Newlin |
Agronomic Science Foundation |
Amy L. Philpott |
National Dry Bean Council |
John G. "Jack" Reed, Jr. |
Archer Daniels Midland Company |
Robert M. Reeves |
Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils |
Mark A. Rokala |
Cornerstone Government Affairs |
Candace A. Roper |
CoBank |
Claude P. "Parr" Rosson, III |
Texas A&M University |
Michael E. Rue |
Catlett Warehouse |
Robert C. Rynning |
Robert Rynning Farms |
Ladd M. Seaberg |
MGP Ingredients, Inc. |
Barbara R. Spangler |
Wheat Export Trade Education Committee |
Stephen R. Tolman |
National Corn Growers Association |
Margaret A. "Ann" Tutwiler |
International Food & Agricultural
Trade Policy
Council |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for
Trade in Processed Foods
NAME |
COMPANY |
Robert B. Anderson |
Sustainable Strategies |
Marietta E. Bernot |
International Trade Services Corporation |
David J. Bliss |
Private Label Manufacturers Association |
Alison R. Bodor |
National Confectioners Association |
Lynn M. Bragg |
Chocolate Manufacturers Association |
Karl B. Brown |
SB Global Foods |
Catherine A. Caponi |
H.J. Heinz Company |
Leonard W. Condon |
Altria Corporate Services, Inc. |
Nancy K. Cook |
Pet Food Institute |
Donna J. Denison |
Cassidy & Associates |
Mark A. Dunn |
J.R. Simplot Company |
James P. Finkle |
Constellation Brands, Inc. |
George A. Franklin |
Kellogg Company |
Ronald P. Graf |
Hershey Foods Corporation |
Steven F. Grover |
National Restaurant Association |
Timothy F. Hamilton |
Miatco, Inc. |
Gary J. Johnson |
McDonald's Corporation |
Kelly D. Johnston |
Campbell Soup Company |
Rodney C. Jones |
ConAgra Foods |
Robert J. Kapuscinski |
Global Export Marketing Co., Ltd. |
Kenneth L. Klippen |
United Egg Producers |
Steven P. Krikava |
Land O'Lakes |
Deborah A. Lamb |
Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., Inc. |
Emily B. Lane |
Portland Processing |
Eric A. Larson |
Sabroso Company |
John F. McDermid |
International Business-Govt. Counsellors, Inc |
Miriam S. Perry |
Processed Food Institute |
Lisa Y. Rath |
Florida Citrus Processors Association |
John P. Roberts |
National Association for the Specialty Food
Trade |
Peggy S. Rochette |
National Food Processors Association |
Leslie G. Sarasin |
American Frozen Food Institute |
Sarah F. Thorn |
Grocery Manufacturers of America |
Juan J. Villarreal |
Sensient Dehydrated Flavors, Inc. |
Charles K. Witzleben |
Supervalu International |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for
Trade in Sweetners and Sweetener Products
NAME |
COMPANY |
Margaret O. Blamberg |
American Cane Sugar Refiners' Association |
Van R. Boyette |
Okeelanta Corporation |
Sarah A. Catala |
United States Sugar Corporation |
Otto A. "Al" Christopherson |
Christopherson Farms |
Thomas C. Earley |
Promar International |
Troy H. Fore, Jr. |
American Beekeeping Federation, Inc. |
Benjamin A. Goodwin |
California Beet Growers Association, Ltd. |
Robert R. "Randy" Green |
McLeod, Watkinson and Miller |
Patrick D. Henneberry |
Imperial Sugar Company |
Alfred P. Hensler |
Masterfoods USA |
Roland E. Hoch |
Global Organics, Ltd. |
James W. Johnson, Jr. |
United States Beet Sugar Association |
Kenneth F. Lorenze |
Kraft Foods |
Kent M. Peppler |
Kent Peppler Farms |
Donald M. Phillips, Jr. |
American Sugar Alliance |
Kevin S. Price |
American Crystal Sugar Company |
John C. "Jack" Roney |
American Sugar Alliance |
David H. Stafford |
Grocery Manufacturers of America |
Charles L. Thibaut |
Evan Hall Sugar Co-op., Inc. |
Linda K. Thrasher |
Cargill, Inc. |
Donald L. Wallace, Jr. |
American Sugar Cane League |
Frederick D. "Dalton" Yancey, III |
Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc. |
Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for
Trade in Cotton, Peanuts, Planting Seeds, and Tobacco
NAME |
COMPANY |
Gary M. Adams |
National Cotton Council |
Jeannette H. Anderson |
American Peanut Council |
Dale M. Artho |
Dale and Kathy Artho Farms |
Otto Bean, Jr. |
Jason and Otto Bean Partnership |
Jessie T. Bunn |
Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association |
W.L. Carter, Jr. |
North Carolina Cotton Producers Association |
Mark S. Condon |
American Seed Trade Association |
Thomas R. Cotton, Jr. |
Peanut Growers Cooperative Marketing |
Andrew M. Coyle |
Kentucky Farm Bureau |
William B. Dunavant, III |
Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. |
Charles R. Earnest |
Dolphin Land Company |
William A. Gillon |
Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,
PLLC. |
Kater D. Hake |
Delta and Pine Land Company |
Luby A. Hamm, Jr. |
Fue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization
Corp. |
Kenneth B. Hood |
Perthshire Farms |
Jeffrey B. Johnson |
Birdsong Peanuts |
Kevin L. Kimle |
Decision Commodities, LLC |
Will C. Kinzel Case |
New Holland, Inc. |
Donald E. Koehler GA |
Agricultural Commodity Commission for
Peanuts |
Dewey A. Lewis, Jr. |
Chapman and Lewis Farms, Inc. |
Larry D. Meyers |
Meyers and Associates |
Donald M. Nelson, Jr. |
Altria Corporate Services, Inc. |
Richard E. Pasco |
American Peanut Product Manufacturers, Inc. |
Evans J. Plowden, Jr. |
American Peanut Shellers Association |
Thomas W. Smith |
Calcot, Ltd. |
Mary K. Thatcher |
American Farm Bureau Federation |
Clyde N. Wayne, Jr. |
Tobacco Associates, Inc. |
Robert S. Weil, II |
Weil Brothers Cotton, Inc. |
Larry B. Wooten |
North Carolina Farm Bureau |
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