Allie Herring, a spring graduate of Texas Tech’s Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, has been appointed press secretary for the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture.
Herring, a Franklin, Texas, native, arrives in Washington after earning dual degrees in agribusiness and agricultural communications, completing her studies with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She graduated with the highest academic ranking in both the Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics and the Department of Agricultural Education & Communications.
“We are proud of and for Allie and this major accomplishment so early in her career after graduation,” said Darren Hudson, Davis College’s Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Assessment. “Anyone that has interacted with Allie knew that she would do great things and fast. Earning such a major position is a testament to her skills and character.”
The House Agriculture Committee is a standing committee with wide jurisdiction over federal farm policy, from commodity markets and crop insurance to soil and water conservation, rural development, forestry, agricultural research and nutrition programs. It oversees aspects of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and recommends funding for agricultural programs.
“Allie Herring was a superstar in our agricultural communications program here at Texas Tech,” said Lindsay Kennedy, the Texas Tech’s Matador Institute of Leadership Engagement Program Director and Associate Professor of Practice within the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications
“She was the first student from our program to ever win two of the highest industry-awarded honors in the same year, the Livestock Publications Council’s Forrest Bassford Award and the National Association of Farm Broadcasters’ Jack Farmakis Scholarship. Both awards are highly competitive on a national level,” she said.
On campus, Kennedy said Herring was the Davis College’s Outstanding Undergraduate Student in the spring of 2025, was president of the college’s Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow chapter and can be credited for breathing new life into the student organization.
At Texas Tech, Herring served also served as editor of the 2025 The Agriculturist, leading a staff of 45 of her peers in the agricultural communications block to produce a 104-page issue. “Allie is an extremely talented writer and has a keen attention to detail,” Kennedy said. “She is a natural leader, and it came as no surprise to my agricultural communications colleagues and I to see her in a role like this so early in her career.”
CONTACT: Darren Hudson, Combest Endowed Chair, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Texas Tech University at (806) 742-2808 or Darren.Hudson@ttu.edu
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