Gregory Ibach is an American farmer and government official from

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, who served as the

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. Prior to assuming the role, he was the Nebraska director of agriculture.

Early life and education

In 1980 Ibach graduated from Sumner-Eddyville-Miller High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Universit ...

with majors in

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and

agricultural economics Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that specif ...

Career

Ibach spent his early career with Farm Credit Services, working as a loan officer and eventually becoming assistant vice president. He is a past president of the

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. Ibach was named Nebraska Director of Agriculture by

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in June 2005 and was the longest-serving state agriculture director in Nebraska history. Prior to this appointment, he had spent over six years as Nebraska's Assistant Director of Agriculture. Ibach was nominated by President

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to become Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs on September 5, 2017, and was confirmed by

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in the

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on October 26, 2017. He left office on January 20, 2021. On March 4, 2021, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced that their Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources had appointed Greg Ibach as the inaugural ''Under Secretary in Residence'', who had started this half-time position on February 1, 2021.

Personal life

Ibach is married to wife

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. They have three adult children and live on their family farm and ranch in

Awards

Ibach has been inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement and recognized for contributions to agriculture by the

References

External links

Biography at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture

Biography at Ballotpedia
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