Hubert Hamer Explained

Hubert Hamer
Predecessor:	Joseph T. Reilly
Alma Mater:	Tennessee State University (BA)
Term Start:	April 2016

Hubert Hamer is the top official of the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the agency that produces most official U.S. government statistics on agriculture and food.

Hamer has been at NASS since the 1990s and was made Administrator in 2016. He had worked in several field offices, then became an administrator of field offices, then became director of NASS's Statistics Division and chair of the USDA's Agricultural Statistics Board.^{[1] [2]} He is NASS's first African-American administrator.^[3]

Early life and education

Hamer grew up on a farm in Benton County, Mississippi and later lived in Grand Junction, Tennessee. He received a bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University in agricultural science in 1980.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/NASS_Biographies/hamer.php Hubert Hamer: NASS Administrator
2. Web site: Hubert Hamer. C-SPAN.org. 2017-12-27.
3. Stacy M. Brown. USDA prods farmers to participate in agriculture census. Washington Informer. Dec 14–20, 2017.
4. Steve Straehley. Administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service: Who Is Hubert Hamer? at allgov.com, 5 Jan 2017