Mark Simone

He currently serves as the Chairperson of the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee for wheat and rice. He routinely evaluates and clears U.S. and international commodity supply, demand, and price projections developed by the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committees for wheat and rice in preparation of USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) report. Mr. Simone was previously employed by the USDA, Farm Service Agency (FSA), Economic Policy Analysis Staff serving as an Agriculture Economist for 10 years. He also has experience with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Office of Industries as an International Trade Analyst and as a commodity analyst with Andrew B. Bellingham Commodity Trade Analysis, Inc. Mr. Simone earned his master of science, agricultural and resource economics at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR and his bachelor of science, agricultural and managerial economics, at the University of California, Davis, CA.