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INDIANAPOLIS \u2014 A former leader of Indiana\u2019s State Department of Agriculture says lawmakers should scrap Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith\u2019s<\/a> role as agriculture secretary and elevate Director Don Lamb to a cabinet position instead.<\/p>\n

Then-Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed Lamb, a Lebanon farmer, to the position in 2023. Lamb gave up his elected position on the Boone County Council when he took the new role.<\/p>\n

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