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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 31, 2025
The Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture unveiled projects it says will contribute to the management and recovery needed after prolonged wildfire seasons in recent years.
AmericanHort has brought on Sara Neagu-Reed as director of advocacy and government affairs and Country Sweet Produce has promoted Prescott Leyba and Alexandra Rae Molumby.
AmericanHort has brought on Sara Neagu-Reed as director of advocacy and government affairs and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research has selected a new executive director.
The Supreme Court could issue a new decision outlining the scope of Clean Water Act jurisdiction by this summer, even as the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers work on a new definition of “waters of the U.S.”
The Risk Management Agency’s new administrator, Marcia Bunger, comes to RMA after 25 years of experience with the Farm Service Agency, USDA said Monday in announcing three high-level appointments.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a fiscal 2022 spending bill for the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration that includes about $7 billion in disaster assistance and $700 million for USDA’s ReConnect program for rural broadband.
The effects of moving USDA's Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the Midwest, which resulted in the loss of personnel, are showing.
Spiro Stefanou has been selected to serve as the new administrator of USDA’s Economic Research Service and Paul Schlegel announced his retirement from the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Secretary Perdue appointed Parag Chitnis as acting director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and has announced the appointment of 15 members to serve on the advisory committee on minority farmers.
USDA shut down an office complex in Kansas City, Mo., due to a potential COVID-19 infection contracted during a Farm Service Agency conference held there from March 10 to March 13.
