OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
CHARTER OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR TRADE APAC and ATACs
The Secretary of Agriculture after consultation with the U.S. Trade Representative on the need for a Trade Representatives Agriculture Advisory program, hereby recharters the following advisory committees on trade (hereinafter the "Committees"):
The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade; and
The Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees (ATACs) for Trade, consisting of six ATACs for Trade in the following commodity groups: 1) Animals and Animal Products; 2) Fruits and Vegetables; 3) Grains, Feed and Oilseeds; 4) Sweeteners and Sweetener Products; 5) Tobacco, Cotton, Peanuts, and Planting Seeds; and 6) Processed Foods.
These Committees are authorized by Sections 135(c)(1) and (2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93-618), as amended. They are intended to ensure that representative elements of the private sector have an opportunity to provide their views on trade and trade policy matters to the U.S. government. The Committees provide the formal mechanism through which the U.S. government may seek advice and information from the private sector. The renewal of these Committees is in the public interest in connection with the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. No other agencies or existing advisory committees supply this private sector advice regarding agricultural trade.
The Committees will advise the Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S. Trade Representative concerning the following: negotiating objectives and bargaining positions before entering into a trade agreement; the operation of an agreement once entered into; and, other matters arising in connection with the administration of the trade policy of the United States.
At the conclusion of negotiations for each trade agreement entered into under the Trade Act of 1974, each Committee affected is required by law to provide a report on such agreement to the President, to Congress, and to the U.S. Trade Representative.
ATAC for Trade in Animals and Animal Products MembersMember Name | Company |
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Roger Allbee | Vermont Agency of Agriculture |
Jill Appell | Appell's Pork Farms, Inc. |
James R. Bailey III | Wal-Mart Stores |
Edward Blair | Blair Brothers Angus |
Devry Boughner | Cargill, Inc |
Theresa Brophy | Maryland Department of Agriculture |
Jaime A. Castaneda | National Milk Producers Federation |
Mark Davis | DavisCo Foods International, Inc. |
Daniel Dierschke | Dierschke Farms |
Gregory F. Doud | National Cattlemen's Beef Association |
Richard A. Ellinghuysen | Producers Livestock Marketing Association |
Dana R. Hauck | Pike Trail Cattle Co. Inc. |
Frank K. Leaverton | Shore Genetics, Inc. |
Thad Lively | U.S. Meat Export Federation |
Mark L. Lobstein | USA Poultry & Egg Export Council |
Thomas W. May | Trugman-Nash, Inc. |
Daniel P. Meyer | American Dairy Products Institute |
Shawna D. Morris | American Butter Institute |
Robert Peterson | Peterson Farms |
John J. Reddington | American Meat Institute |
Paul E. Rodgers | American Sheep Industry Association, Inc. |
William P. Roenigk | National Chicken Council |
David J. Salmonsen | American Farm Bureau Federation |
Neal Schuman | Arthur Schuman, Inc. |
Terry Stokes | National Cattlemen's Beef Association |
Thomas M. Suber | U.S. Dairy Export Council |
Kent J. Swisher | National Renderers Association, Inc. |
James E. Tillison | Alliance of Western Milk Producers |
John Wilson | Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. |
Dennis C. Wolff | Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture |
Robert D. Yonkers | International Dairy Foods Association |
ATAC for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables MembersMember Name | Company |
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Julie G. Adams | Almond Board of California |
Dennis A. Balint | California Walnut Commission |
Barry Bedwell | California Grape and Tree Fruit League |
Susan L. Brauner | Blue Diamond Growers |
Jon Brekken | Seneca Foods Corporation |
Reginald L. Brown | Florida Tomato Committee |
James Cranney | California Citrus Quality Council |
George Davis | Porter Creek Vineyards |
Matthew Harris | Washington State Potato Commission |
John Hoblick | Florida Farm Bureau Federation |
Richard Hudgins | California Canning Peach Association |
Thomas LaFaille | The Wine Institute |
Jeanette Lombardo | Mission Community Bank |
John M. McClung | Texas Produce Association |
Kathy Means | Produce Marketing Association |
Todd Michael | Michael Farms Inc. |
Mark Murai | California Strawberry Commission |
Joel A. Nelsen | California Citrus Mutual |
ATAC for Trade in Grains, Feeds, and Oilseeds MembersMember Name | Company |
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Mark Anderson | Anderson Hay and Grain Co., Inc. |
Stanley Baker | Infinity Lawn and Garden |
Rebecca Bratter | U.S. Grains Council |
Robert Cummings | USA Rice Federation |
Rebecca Bratter | U.S. Wheat Associates |
Robert Cummings | USA Rice Federation |
Dennis DeLaughter | Progressive Farm Management |
Neal Fisher | North Dakota Wheat Commission |
Scott Fritz | Fritz Black Sand Farms, Inc. |
Michael Gumina | Pioneer Hi-Bred International |
Lurlin Hoelscher | Hoelscher Ag Dist., Inc., |
John Hoffman | Farmer |
Kevin Kaufman | BNSF Railway |
Daniel Kidd | Kidd Brothers Farms |
Donald Latham | Latham Seed Company |
Daniel Murphy | American Soybean Association |
Joel Newman | American Feed Industry Association |
Michael Nichols | Nichols Family Farms LLC, Nichols Farms Corp., Inc. LLC |
John Reed | Self-employed consultant |
Candace Roper | CoBank |
C. Parr Rosson, III | Texas A&M University |
Michael Rue | Catlett Warehouse |
Shannon Schlecht | U.S. Wheat Associates |
Doug Sombke | Sombke Farms |
Larry Stenberg | Dow Agro-Sciences |
Teodoro Verver | Texas Department of Agriculture |
Mary Waters | North American Millers' Assocication |
Steven Wellman | Wellman Farms, Inc. |
David Winkles Jr. | South Carolina Farm Bureau |
ATAC for Trade in Sweeteners MembersMember Name | Company |
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Thomas Astrup | American Crystal Sugar Company |
Frank Day | The Hershey Company |
Patrick Henneberry | Imperial Sugar Company |
Roland Hoch | Global Organics Ltd. |
William Krause | McKee Foods Corporation |
David Long | Goetze Candy Company, Inc. |
Dale Murden | Rio Farms, Inc. |
David Rosenthal | Corn Refiners Association |
Judy Sanchez | United States Sugar Corporation |
James Simon | American Sugar Cane League of the U.S.A., Inc. |
Ray Van Driessche | Michigan Sugar Company |
John Yonover | Indiana Sugars, Inc. |
ATAC for Trade in Tobacco, Cotton, Peanuts, and Planting Seeds MembersMember Name | Company |
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Thomas Archer | American Peanut Council |
Dale M. Artho | Dale and Kathy Artho Farms |
Kenneth W. Dierschke | Texas Farm Bureau |
Dana Huffman | National Cotton Council of America |
Donald E. Koehler | Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peanuts |
John Mitchell | Cargill Cotton |
Monique Muggli | Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids |
Roger Quarles | Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, Inc. |
James Quinn | Carolinas Cotton Growers Cooperative, Inc. |
Harry Schroeder | Oklahoma Cotton Council |
Sledge Taylor, III | Buckeye Farms |
Clyde N. Wayne, Jr. | Tobacco Associates, Inc. |
ATAC for Trade in Processed Foods MembersMember Name | Company |
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Robert Anderson | Sustainable Strategies |
Robert Bauer | Association of Food Industries |
James Finkle | Constellation Brands, Inc. |
Robert Garfield | American Frozen Food Institute |
Ann Grappin | Yum! Restaurants International |
Timothy Hamilton | Food Export Association of the Midwest U.S.A. |
Elizabeth Hill | Ocean Spray International Services, Inc. |
Gerald "Jerry" Hingle | Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) |
Shawn Jarosz | Trade Moves LLC |
Sudip Jhaveri | Starbucks Coffee Company |
Steven Krikava | Land O'Lakes |
Carolyn Kitchen | Land O’ Lakes, Inc. |
Christine LoCascio | Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. |
Kasey Moctezuma | Quality Assurance International |
Carlos Pena | Pepperidge Farm, Inc. |
Peggy Rochette | Grocery Manufacturers Association |
Ronald Tanner | National Association for the Specialty Food Trade |
Peter Thornton | North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |