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Former Ag Secretary Bergland passes away at 90

Bob Bergland portrait from USDA

The man who was President Jimmy Carter’s Secretary of Agriculture has died.  Bob Bergland was 90 years old and passed away Sunday in his hometown of Roseau, Minnesota.

Before becoming the Secretary, Bergland was a farmer and a Congressman for three full terms and resigned early in his fourth term to become Secretary of Agriculture.  He was also an employee at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service from 1963 to 1968 before it became the Farm Service Agency.

Bergland also led an erosion study during Carter’s term when many new acres were being plowed as soybeans reached ten dollars a bushel. After serving the Carter Administration, he went on to serve as Vice President of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and serve on the University Of Minnesota Board Of Regents.

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