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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Farmers who grow the crops being hammered the hardest by commodity market declines are hitting Capitol Hill this week, accompanied by ag bankers and Farm Credit lenders, to make a last-ditch push for a new farm bill.
Every summer, the next generation of staffers, analysts, lobbyists and communications specialists comes to D.C. This is the second part of two-part series on the interns in congressional offices and farm-related organizations in Washington this summer.
Alexandra (Alex) Dunn has been named the new president and CEO of CropLife America and Ana Jovel Melendez has been appointed as the deputy secretary of legislative affairs at the California Environmental Protection Agency.
The National Cotton Council’s outlook for 2024 projects U.S. acreage will drop 3.7% this year as producers deal with prices that could fall below the cost of production.
Alexandra (Alex) Dunn has been named the new president and chief executive officer of CropLife America and Smithfield Foods has named Kraig Westerbeek president of its hog production operations.
Major commodity groups and the American Farm Bureau Federation are calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to overhaul a 2022 disaster assistance program that significantly prorates assistance for larger losses.
Kelly Cushman has been named vice president of political affairs at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Dave Juday has joined Aimpoint Research as a member of its Executive Advisory Group.
Andrew Genasci has been tapped as the new executive director of the San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation and John Bagan is the new president and CEO of Gelson’s.
Many cotton growers face a critical decision over the next few weeks: whether to switch some of the acreage to wheat, soybeans and other crops because of the significantly higher market prices for those commodities.