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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Perdue heads back to Georgia, the Senate has confirmed Martha Williams as the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Shade has accepted the position of national program leader for USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Producers, lawmakers, and administration staffers all agree on the benefits of the technical assistance provided by Agriculture Department conservation officials. The only issue is getting the funding – and the people – to make it happen.
Ahsan Faheem has been elevated to vice president of specialty at Vision Produce and Allison Moore has been promoted to executive vice president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint seven Department of Agriculture regional positions and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled four senior staff positions.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled four senior staff positions at USDA, including naming a deputy administrator for the Farm Service Agency and the chief of staff for the Farm Production and Conservation mission area.
The Department of Agriculture is making available $225 million for public-private partnerships aimed at conservation projects, with an eye on climate change mitigation, supporting urban agriculture and helping historically underserved producers.
A flurry of Department of Agriculture reports Wednesday showed bin-busting production of corn, sorghum, soybeans and cotton took place in 2021, largely matching what traders were expecting to see.
The American Farm Bureau Federation may have to backtrack on its support for a livestock market reform bill after a pair of votes by delegates at its annual meeting Tuesday.
