New agriculture head likes N.Z.
NZPA staff correspondent Washington President Reagan has announced his intention to nominate his long-time friend and administrator, Richard Lyng, as the next Agriculture Secretary. Mr Lyng, aged 67, will succeed John Block, who resigned earlier this month. Since January last year, Mr Lyng has been an agricultural consultant In Washington. Before that, from 1981 until the end of 1984, he was Deputy Secretary of Agriculture under Mr Block. Mr Lyng served as California's Director of Agriculture from 1967 to 1969
while Mr Reagan was Governor there. The appointment of Mr Lyng will, be welcomed by New Zealand trade officials In Washington, as they had good relations with him when he was Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. He was known to be well disposed towards New Zealand.
Mr Lyng’s first task will be to implement the new farm bill adopted last month. President Reagan said Mr Lyng “will help get farming more into the market economy and rectify some of the things been
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Press, 1 February 1986, Page 26
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