Beef advocate to head USDA office in Indiana (Journal Gazette)
Beef advocate to head USDA office in Indiana
Staff, news services
WASHINGTON – An advocate for Indiana’s cattle producers will head the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency in Indiana, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced.
Julia Wickard is also the former director of the state Commission for Agriculture and Rural Development.
She has been executive vice president of the Indiana Beef Cattle Association and Indiana Beef Council since 2005.
The FSA administers and manages farm subsidy, credit, conservation, disaster and loan programs.
Vilsack also named Philip Lehmkuhler as the Indiana director for rural development at the USDA. Lehmkuhler manages economic development for the Indiana Municipal Power Agency.