Terpstra, Yost fill USDA trade posts

Terpstra, Yost fill USDA trade posts    The Bush administration has appointed A. Ellen Terpstra to deputy undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, and Michael W. Yost to administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
   Terpstra served as FAS administrator since March 2002. FAS oversees and coordinates USDA’s international activities.
   Before joining USDA, Terpstra was president and chief executive officer of the USA Rice Federation from 1998 to 2002 and served as president of the U.S. Apple Association for seven years.
   Prior to his appointment, Yost served as the Farm Service Agency’s associate administrator for programs since January 2004. He’s also a soybean grower from Murdock, Minn., and served as past president and chairman of the American Soybean Association.