FSA Economists Awarded for Conservation Analysis Efforts

Employees from the FSA Economic and Policy Analysis Staff were honored last week by the USDA Economists Group for their role in providing a strong basis for implementing USDA programs and policies. (Pictured l to r) Karis Gutter, Economist Skip Hyberg, Economist Alex Barbarika, Economist Cathie Feather and Economist Rich Iovanna and Skip Hyberg accepted the John E. Lee Award for Sustained Excellence in Group Economic Analysis. For a decade, these individuals formed a cohesive team that demonstrated an outstanding level of sustained excellence and dedication in providing the best possible conservation analysis to policy makers in various agencies as well as on Capitol Hill.