WASHINGTON, D.C. (AgNews890.com) – The USDA announced the appointment of Gloria Montaño Greene as the Deputy Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation. Zach Ducheneaux is the new Farm Service Agency Administrator.
Montaño Greene is a former Director of the Farm Service Agency in Arizona from 2014-2017, a position she was appointed to by then-President Obama. She led the implementation of the 2013 Farm Bill Programs across the state.
Ducheneaux is the current Executive Director of the Intertribal Agriculture Council, the largest, longest-standing Native American agricultural organization in the U.S. The Council represents all Federally Recognized Tribes and serves 80,000 Native American producers. He also operates his family’s ranch on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in north-central South Dakota with his brothers.