USDA Seeks Nominees for National Peanut Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the National Peanut Board. Nominees are needed to replace one producer member and one alternate for Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Virginia. Appointed members will serve three-year terms to succeed members whose terms of office end on Dec. 31, 2026.

Members and alternates are nominated by producers or producer groups within their respective states.

For more information about state nomination meetings and the application process, contact Maria Mehok, Senior Vice President of Finance and Compliance, Chief Operating Officer National Peanut Board, at (678) 424-5750 or at [email protected]. You may also contact Vickie Carpenter, Marketing Specialist, USDA, at (202) 400-1865 or at [email protected].

The 12-member board includes 11 members and their alternates representing the primary peanut-producing states and one at-large member and their alternate who represent the minor peanut-producing states. More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) National Peanut Board webpage or on the National Peanut Board's website at https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org.

AMS policy is that the boards, councils and committees it oversees should reflect their industries in terms of the experience of members, methods of production and distribution, marketing strategies, and other distinguishing factors, that will bring different perspectives and ideas to the table. Throughout the full nomination process, the industry must conduct extensive outreach to attract candidates with skills and abilities that serve their industry needs.

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 21 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.

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