President-elect Donald Trump has filled three other individuals for USDA undersecretary positions. Former Missouri Director of Agriculture Richard Fordyce has been nominated as the undersecretary for farm production and conservation. In the first Trump administration, Fordyce was the Farm Service Agency administrator. Dudley Hoskins was appointed the undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs. Hoskins serves as the Senate Agriculture Committee counsel and previously served as the chief of staff for USDA marketing and regulatory programs and senior advisor to the agriculture secretary. Michael Boren will be the undersecretary for natural resources and environment. Boren is now an Idaho businessman.
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