Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has scheduled a hearing on Thursday to consider President Barack Obama’s nomination of Darci Vetter as chief U.S. agricultural trade negotiator, a position that carries with it the rank of ambassador.

Vetter, a Nebraskan, is deputy agriculture undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services.

The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The committee will also consider nominees for other posts.