Allan Mustard, Agricultural Minister-Council at American Embassy to speak at Central Park

The Mercer County Farm Bureau Governmental Affairs Committee is hosting Allan Mustard, Agricultural Minister-Counselor at the American Embassy in Mexico City on Sept. 6 at Central Park in Aledo. The program will begin at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Mustard works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service as the Agricultural Minister-Counselor at the American Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. He is the Agency head and section chief at the embassy. He is also the principal USDA officer overseeing all USDA agencies’ activities, including bilateral cooperation in pest and disease control, agricultural trade in a $16-billion-dollar market and technical assistance and research.

He was also the Agricultural Minister-Counselor at the American Embassy in Moscow, Russia. Be sure to attend this very informative program on foreign agricultural trade. For more information contact the Mercer County Farm Bureau at (309) 582-5116.