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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Republican Rep. Vince Fong has taken the seat of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after winning a special election in May, and Derek Neilson, head of the agriculture division at Case New Holland Industrial, has left the company to pursue entrepreneurial interests.
Richard Crowder, a longtime economist and agribusiness leader who served as former chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative during the George W. Bush administration, has died at the age of 84.
Global demand requires that the world add more than 20 million acres to crop production over the next five years, agricultural economist Dan Basse told attendees of the American Seed Trade Association’s annual field crop convention in Orlando Wednesday.
The California Farm Bureau elected Shannon Douglass, who currently serves as the organization's first vice president, to replace president Jamie Johansson during the Farm Bureau’s 105th Annual Meeting in Reno.
The Food and Drug Administration is promoting Namandjé Bumpus to principal deputy commissioner upon the retirement of Janet Woodcock early next year. Bumpus joined the FDA in August 2022 to serve as the agency’s chief scientist. Michael Rogers has been named associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian Jennings says he expects the Treasury Department to provide clear direction on Inflation Reduction Act clean fuel and sustainable aviation fuel tax credits “sooner rather than later.” But he’s concerned about the pace of the agency’s progress.
The California Strawberry Commission has hired Bill Turechek as the new vice president of research and Jeff Cardinale as the new director of communication. The Citrus Research Board has brought on Ivan Milosavljevic as the new Integrated Pest Management Entomologist.
An EPA rule regulating plant-incorporated protectants received swift criticism Thursday from groups representing the seed industry and soybean growers, who said it would hamper innovation.
Companies that make biologically derived products designed to enhance soil and plant nutrition are backing a bill that would establish a definition and a regulatory pathway for those products.
