JEFFERSON CITY — Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn, along with National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) President and Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry Michael G. Strain, Arizona Director of Agriculture Mark Killian, Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black, Maine Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry Walter Whitcomb, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Doug Fisher, and North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler represented NASDA at a White House meeting this week to discuss the critical needs of our nation’s infrastructure.
The meeting comes as a follow-up to a recent White House Infrastructure Summit with government officials on all levels. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Ray Starling, Special Assistant to the President for Agriculture, Trade and Food Assistance, and DJ Gribben, Special Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Policy were all present for the rapid-fire dialogue.
Click here to read the NASDA news release.
Click here to watch Director Chinn’s video message about this meeting.
— Missouri Department of Agriculture
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