Interagency Commodity Estimate Committee Chairperson
Kent Lanclos
Dr. Lanclos serves as the Chair of the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committee (ICEC) for cotton, responsible for cotton forecasts in the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report.
Prior to this role, he served at USDA's Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Business Center, overseeing programs related to cotton, rice, sugar, and peanuts. He also held economist and leadership positions at USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) and the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). Before joining USDA, Dr. Lanclos was the Assistant Director of Economic Services at the National Cotton Council and a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Agricultural Economics Department at the University of Idaho. Lanclos holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University.
