ARLINGTON, Va. — The American

Feed Industry Assoc. has promoted

Gary Huddleston to director of feed

manufacturing and regulatory affairs.

Huddleston previously served as the

manager of feed manufacturing safety

and environmental affairs. He joined

AFIA in 2015.

 

“This well-deserved promotion is a

result of the excellent work Gary has

done surrounding FSMA, as well as

EPA, OSHA and DOT, during the last

two years,” said Richard Sellers, AFIA

senior vice president of public policy and

education.

 

Huddleston will continue directing AFIA’s

efforts surrounding the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration, the

Environmental Protection Agency and

the Department of Transportation, as

well as working to develop and coordinate

AFIA’s education and training programs.

Additionally, his new title reflects his

work with education surrounding the

Food Safety Modernization Act.

Huddleston can be contacted at

ghuddleston@afia.org or 703-666-8854.

 

 

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Animal

Agriculture Alliance has announced

that Wanda Patsche of Minnesota and

Michelle Miller of Iowa are the winners

of its blog and photo contests and will

receive a free registration to the 2017

Stakeholders Summit. The 2017 Summit,

themed “Connect to Protect Animal Ag,”

will be May 3-4 in Kansas City, Mo.

 

The conference will build on the 2016

Summit’s focus of taking action to secure

a bright future for animal agriculture.

Speakers will give the audience actionable

solutions to take home and implement on

their farm or in their business.

Patsche took the top spot in the blog

contest with a piece titled Action, Please –

Minnesota “Farm to Table” Style.

 

“As a “city girl turned farm wife,” there

is nothing I love more than connecting

consumers to agriculture,” she wrote.

“And it could not be more important

than it is now. Consumers thirst for

information about where the food comes

from.”

 

Patsche and her husband own and

operate a farm in southern Minnesota

where they raise corn, soybeans and

pigs. Patsche blogs about her life on the

farm at www.mnfarmliving.com The other

finalists in the blog division were Nicole

Small of Kansas and Melinda Bastian of

Missouri.

 

In the photo contest, Miller finished in

first place with a photo of beef cattle from

her farm in rural Iowa. Miller works on

the family farm and uses social media

to bridge the gap between farmers and

consumers under the moniker “The Farm

Babe.” She is a writer and public speaker

for agriculture and a regular columnist

for Ag Daily. Other finalists in the photo

contest were Laura Daniels, Wisconsin;

Karra James, Kansas; Krista Stauffer,

Washington; and Lauren Arbogast,

Virginia.

 

 

MARKLEVILLE, Ind. — The Indiana

Santa Gertrudis Assoc. recently

announced their officers for 2017.

Bob Hiss of Columbia City, Ind., serves

as preisdent, and Maryann Gardner

of Markleville, Ind., is secretarytreasurer.

Board members for 2017

are Harold Gardner, Markleville; Bob

Rans, Culver, Ind.; and Craig Lopossa

of Poland, Ind.