ISSUE 1106 JOHANNS
ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS Agriculture
Secretary Mike Johanns announced Thursday (March 9) the appointments of A. Ellen
Terpstra as deputy under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services
and Michael W. Yost as administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service, both
effective immediately. Terpstra
has served as the administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) since
March 2002. Yost was the Farm Service Agency's associate administrator for programs
since January 2004. FAS is the agency that oversees and coordinates USDA's international
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