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 Nov. 25, 2019 Source: Federal Communications Commission news release To view the complete report, click here. This Public Notice serves as notice that, consistent with the Federal Advisory Committee Act1 and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,2 Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, in consultation with Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, has appointed members to serve on the Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs of Precision Agriculture in the United States (Precision Ag Connectivity Task Force or Task Force). The Task Force will hold its first meeting on Monday, December 9, 2019, beginning at 9:30 am, in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters, located at 445 12th Street, SW, Room TW-C305, Washington, DC 20554. Notice of this meeting is in today's Federal Register. Chairman Pai has designated Teddy Bekele, Land O'Lakes Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, to serve as Chair of the Task Force, and Catherine Moyer, Pioneer Communications Chief Executive Officer and General Manager. to serve as Vice Chair. A full list of Task Force members appointed by the Chairman in consultation with the Secretary is attached to this Public Notice. In addition, the Chairman, in consultation with the Secretary, has identified four working groups that will assist the Task Force in carrying out its work: (1) Mapping and Analyzing Connectivity on Agricultural Lands; (2) Examining Current and Future Connectivity Demand for Precision Agriculture; (3) Encouraging Adoption of Precision Agriculture and Availability of High-Quality Jobs on Connected Farms; (4) Accelerating Broadband Deployment on Unserved Agricultural Lands. The primary agenda of the Task Force's first meeting will be to introduce members of the Task Force, describe the focus of each working group, review the 2018 Farm Bill and existing FCC and U.S. Department of Agriculture programs and policies relevant to the Task Force's duties, and begin discussing strategies to advance broadband deployment on agricultural land and promote precision agriculture. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the Task Force Chair and the Designated Federal Officer. The Precision Ag Connectivity Task Force meeting is open to the public. The FCC will accommodate as many attendees as possible; however, admittance will be limited to seating availability. Members of the Task Force Chair: Teddy Bekele, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer; Land O'Lakes Vice Chair: Catherine Moyer, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager; Pioneer Communications Members: Michael Adelaine, Ph.D.,Vice President for Technology and Security; South Dakota State University Seth Arndorfer, Chief Executive Officer; Dakota Carrier Network The Honorable Dale Artho, Commissioner; Deaf Smith County, TX Andy Bater, Farmer; Fifth Estate Growers LLC Peter Brent, Operations Manager and IT Director; New Vision Farms Chris Chinn, Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture; Missouri Department of Agriculture Anthony Dillard, Tribal Councilman; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma David Goldman, Director of Satellite Policy; SpaceX Michael Gomes, Vice President, Business Development - IoT; Topcon Agriculture Daniel T. Leibfried, Director, Advanced Technology, Intelligent Solutions Group; John Deere Mike McCormick, President; Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Jeff Pettit, President and CEO of Noash Construction, Inc.; National Association of Tower Erectors Steve Vail, Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors; NineStar Connect Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, or a designee of the Secretary, will serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the Task Force. Jesse Jachman, Designated Federal Officer Erin Boone, Deputy Designated Federal Officer Celia Lewis, Deputy Designated Federal Officer Tweet |
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