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Thursday, April 03, 2025
More people got sick from contaminated food in 2024 than the previous year, with the number of hospitalizations from foodborne illnesses nearly doubling from 2023, according to a recent analysis.
The National Oilseed Processors Association hired Ryan Locke as vice president of engagement. NCBA elected new officers. Ashley Boles rejoined CropLife America as legal counsel.
The National Corn Growers Association hired Lane Howard as director of biofuels. Senate Majority Leader John Thune made additions to his communication staff.
The Trump administration is preparing a plan for combatting avian flu that will move away from depopulating infected flocks and rely instead on “biosecurity and medication,” says President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser. Zoetis separately has announced that it has received approval for a vaccine.
The Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal employees has swept out workers across USDA, including loan analysts in Farm Service Agency field offices, ag scientists, and about 1,200 staff of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, according to sources.
President Donald Trump has nominated several individuals to high-ranking posts at the Agriculture Department, including Scott Hutchins to be the new undersecretary of agriculture for research, education, and economics and Tyler Clarkson to be the department’s top lawyer.
The Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Brooke Rollins as secretary of agriculture.
The Trump administration is getting off to a much faster start in putting its team into place at USDA than was the case eight years ago, and that means the department is better positioned to deal with issues such as the fallout of a trade war, according to veterans of President Donald Trump’s first term.
Members of the House and Senate Agriculture committees are proposing to move the Food for Peace program from the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Department of Agriculture.
USDA is raising its estimated average farm-gate price for the 2024 corn crop by 10 cents to $4.35 a bushel, while shaving the expected price for soybeans by 10 cents to $10.10 a bushel.
