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Curt Arens IBACH RETURNS HOME: Greg Ibach (right) visits with Norm Krug of Chapman, Neb., during the Governor’s Ag Conference a few years ago. Ibach served in the Trump administration as USDA undersecretary of marketing and regulatory programs. Before his USDA role, Ibach was the Nebraska Department of Agriculture director for 12 years. He now returns to Nebraska to serve in a new role with IANR. The former USDA undersecretary will be the institute’s first undersecretary-in-residence. Mar 15, 2021 Former USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach has joined the University ...

USDA official makes quick transition back to Sumner farm by Lori Potter, The Associated Press Posted Mar 7, 2021 1:02 am EDT Last Updated Mar 7, 2021 at 1:14 am EDT SUMNER, Neb. — Greg Ibach’s three-plus years as U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs in Washington, D.C., ended at 11:59 a.m. Jan 20. It was inauguration day for President Joe Biden. “I had to be out of the building by 12 noon,” Ibach told the Kearney Hub. “That’s not unusual, but it was interesting to see how regimented they were.” His last day in his USDA office was th...

Greg Ibach joins UNL as IANR undersecretary-in-residence Nebraska City News-Press Former U.S. Department of Agricultural Undersecretary Greg Ibach has joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources as the institute’s inaugural undersecretary-in-residence.   In his new role with IANR, Ibach will help advance the institute in areas including agricultural biotechnology policy, agricultural-biosecurity, workforce training and the partnership between the National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research Education (NIAMRRE) and APHIS, among oth...

USDA Publishes Final Rule for Hemp Production Thursday Jan 21st, 2021 The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the final rule regulating the production of hemp in the United States. The final rule incorporates modifications to regulations established under the interim final rule published in October 2019. The modifications are based on public comments following the publication of the IFR and lessons learned during the 2020 growing season. The final rule is available for viewing in the Federal Register and will be effective on March 22, 2021. "With the publication of this final ...

Representative image The agency’s final rule includes provisions on compliance, procedures for handling violations, and testing of THC levels. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently published a new final rule to regulate domestic hemp production that builds upon the agency’s interim final rule (IFR) created in October 2019. “With the publication of this final rule, USDA brings to a close a full and transparent rule-making process that started with a hemp listening session in March 2019,” USDA Marketing and Regulatory Programs Under Secretary Greg Ibach said in a relea...