Senate confirms Keenum to lead USDA’s farm and foreign ag services

Senate confirms Keenum to lead USDAÆs farm and foreign ag services The Senate confirmed Mark Keenum nomination to serve as the next U.S. undersecretary of farm and foreign agricultural services.
   Keenum, who holds a doctorate in agricultural economics, worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Mississippi. He also served in various staff roles for Sen. Thad Cochran throughout the 1990s and was appointed to Cochran’s chief-of-staff in 1996.