Washington, DC
November 28, 2007
Acting U.S. Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner today
appointed six producer and six handler members to serve on the
National Watermelon Promotion Board.
Two producer members have been reappointed for a second term,
and four new producer and six new handler members have been
appointed to serve on the board for the next three-year term of
office beginning Jan. 1, 2008, and ending on Dec. 31, 2010.
Reappointed producer members are:
- Randall L. Hageman,
Prosser, Wash., District 5; and
- George Cordero, Hemet, Calif., District 7.
Newly appointed producer members
are:
- Michael Owen Horrall,
Oaktown, Ind., and Will T. Hales, Salisbury, Md., District
4;
- Adam Icardo, Bakersfield, Calif., District 5; and
- Jack S. Thomson, Bakersfield, District 7.
Newly appointed handler members
are:
- Michael "Kelly" Tyner,
Vincennes, Ind., and Joshua R. Bailey, Schoolcraft, Mich.,
District 4;
- Daniel Allen Van Groningen, Manteca, Calif., and Ron
Perry, Ripon, Calif., District 5; and
- Raul Paez, Nogales, Ariz., and Justin Schmidt, Ladera
Ranch, Calif., District 7.
Authorized under the Watermelon
Research and Promotion Act of 1985, the board administers an
industry-funded national research and promotion program to
maintain and expand markets for watermelon. USDA's Agricultural
Marketing Service monitors the operations of the board.
More information about the research and promotion programs can
be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/rpb.html . |
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