Tim Wood of Selma has been appointed to the Alabama Conservation Advisory Board. Wood, who represents Congressional District 7, is the general manager of the Central Alabama Farmers Cooperative.

Scott Angle has been appointed director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Angle is president and CEO of the International Fertilizer Development Center in Muscle Shoals.

Paul Pinyan, the Alabama Farmers Federation executive director, will chair the Rural Subcommittee of Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Alabama Counts!” 2020 Census Committee. The committee will prepare Alabama for maximum participation in the census.