The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board. The deadline for nominations is April 25, 2022.
From the nominees, the Secretary of Agriculture will appoint twelve individuals to succeed members whose terms expire on October 31, 2022. Newly appointed members will serve three-year terms from November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2025.
The USDA is seeking nominees for:
- Five seats for Region 2 (California and Hawaii)
- One seat for Region 3 (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming)
- One seat for Region 4 (Arkansas, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas)
- One seat for Region 6 (Wisconsin)
- One seat for Region 9 (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia)
- One seat for Region 10 (Alabama, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia)
- One seat for Region 11 (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania)
- One seat for Region 12 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont)
The board is industry-funded and supports the marketing and promotion of dairy products.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized the development of industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight of 22 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.
AMS policy is that diversity of the boards, councils and committees it oversees should reflect the diversity of their industries in terms of the experience of members, methods of production and distribution, marketing strategies, and other distinguishing factors, including but not limited to individuals from historically underserved communities, that will bring different perspectives and ideas to the table. Throughout the full nomination process, the industry must conduct extensive outreach, paying particular attention to reaching underserved communities, and consider the diversity of the population served and the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the members to serve a diverse population.”
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