Riceland Attends USA Rice July Business Meetings in Little Rock
Riceland staff and members actively participated in board and committee meetings on July 6 and 7.
USA Rice held the annual July Business Meetings in Little Rock on July 6 and 7. Riceland staff and members actively participated in board and committee meetings. The hot topics during the meetings were the progress of writing a new farm bill and the search for a new CEO of USA Rice to replace Betsy Ward, retiring at the end of 2023.
Riceland staff Austin Brown, Jason Brancel, and Adam Shea discuss all things rice with Becky Campbell.
Riceland Director Jennifer James and Riceland staffer Bradley Doom listen to an update on the impact of the Endangered Species Act during a meeting of the Regulatory Affairs and Food Safety Committee. Riceland member David Petter is the Chairman of the committee.
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The farmer members of Riceland Foods, Inc. elected three new board members to its Board of Directors. Benjamin Nobles of Poplar Bluff, Mo. will serve as the new director representing District Four. Mikka Felty of Stanford, Ark. will serve as a director of District Two. Gary Sitzer of Weiner, Ark. will serve Riceland members in District Three.