NASDA Elects North Dakota’s Goehring as President

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture this week elected a new slate of officers for the coming year.  North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring will serve as NASDA’s 2019-20 President and will host the 2020 NASDA Annual Meeting in Medora, ND next August.

Goehring says, “Now is the time to leverage NASDA’s nonpartisanship to get things accomplished in Washington D.C.” to help struggling farmers and ranchers.

Also elected to NASDA’s Board of Directors were Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles as Vice President, and New York Commissioner of Agriculture Richard Ball as Second Vice President.  The organization held its annual meeting this week in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A top policy amendment for the group passed during the meeting supports voluntary, incentive-based climate-smart agricultural programs.  During the meeting, the organization adopted new climate resiliency policy.  California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross introduced the policy amendment. The policy asserts that addressing climate resiliency in agriculture requires a comprehensive approach.

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