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August 7, 2019

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American Farmland Trust hires Michele Laur

Laur will serve as Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Coordinator

July 2, 2019

Jeff Wilkerson is the new director of market development for the Nebraska Corn Board. He began his role on July 1. (Courtesy of Nebraska Corn Board)

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Wilkerson joins Nebraska Corn Board

Jeff Wilkerson hired as director of market development

April 28, 2019

Mary Peck

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CDA announces new Director of Communications

Mary Peck to serve as Director of Communications and Public Awareness

April 8, 2019

The IGP Institute welcomes Kansas State University agribusiness graduate Cassidy Anderson, as the new distance education coordinator beginning May 20, 2019. (Courtesy of KSU)

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Cassidy Anderson joins IGP Institute team

IGP Institute’s Distance Education team hires new program associate

March 28, 2019

Mark Rhoda-Reis has been hired as the director of the International Agribusiness Center (IABC), a bureau of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Division of Agricultural Development. (Courtesy of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture)

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Rhoda-Reis joins DATCP

Mark Rhoda-Reis has hired as the director of the International Agribusiness Center

March 19, 2019

Ronaldo Maghirang has been named head of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois. Maghirang will assume the position on May 1, pending approval by the Board of Trustees. (Courtesy of University of Illinois)

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ACES at U of Ill. announces hire of Maghirang

Maghirang named head of Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

January 29, 2019

Savannah Wales came on staff last week as the newest member of the CFB team. (Courtesy of CFB)

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Meet CFB's new membership coordinator

Savannah Wales joins Colorado Farm Bureau staff

January 21, 2019

Patrick Hatting has joined Iowa State University Extension and Outreach as a farm management specialist, working with farmers in southwest Iowa. (Courtesy of ISU Extension and Outreach)

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New Extension farm management specialist

Hatting will work with farmers in southwest Iowa to provide financial management info

December 17, 2018

Brian Dougherty. (Courtesy of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)

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Dougherty joins ISU Extension and Outreach

Iowa State graduate will work with producers in northeast Iowa

December 13, 2018

Henderson will provide leadership to the Purdue Foundry, an entrepreneurship and commercialization accelerator, and Purdue Ventures, a capital and talent hub. (Courtesy of Purdue University)

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New chief entrepreneurial officer at Purdue

Scott Henderson is international commercialization, startup expert