Bell named farm policy director at NAWG
July 08, 2011 | 02:21 PM
The National Association of Wheat Growers has hired Benjamin Bell as director of farm policy, crop insurance, transportation and trade issues.
Bell has most recently been a director of government affairs at the American Forest and Paper Association. Before that, he was a senior legislative assistant focusing on agriculture in the office of former Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., for five years, including during the 2008 Farm Bill negotiations.
He has also worked for the Southern Governors’ Association, Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Rural Development Association.
Bell is from Morgan City, La. His family owns farmland that is used to produce sugarcane, soybeans, and wheat and he remains engaged in farming in both Louisiana and Maryland, NAWG said in a news release.
Bell has most recently been a director of government affairs at the American Forest and Paper Association. Before that, he was a senior legislative assistant focusing on agriculture in the office of former Rep. Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., for five years, including during the 2008 Farm Bill negotiations.
He has also worked for the Southern Governors’ Association, Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the National Rural Development Association.
Bell is from Morgan City, La. His family owns farmland that is used to produce sugarcane, soybeans, and wheat and he remains engaged in farming in both Louisiana and Maryland, NAWG said in a news release.
