14/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - Cess Veerman to chair the Agricultural Markets Taskforce. Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan announced on Monday 14 December that Cess Veerman has been elected to chair the Agricultural Markets Taskforce. Veerman was Dutch agriculture minister from 2002 to 2007. The taskforce was set up as part of an aid package to tackle the crisis in the agricultural markets. (LC)