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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Sammy Duda has been named CEO-elect of DUDA and Robert Verloop has been named executive director and chief executive officer of the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission.
The House is set today to clear the Senate-passed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which empowers the Federal Maritime Commission to take steps to clear port bottlenecks and reduce shipping rates.
JBS USA has named Karla Thieman senior vice president, public policy and government affairs, and Sarah Gallo has joined the Consumer Brands Association.
The U.S. could be selling a lot more grain, meat and produce to the UK, and the British are seeking a trade agreement. American farm groups are cheering on the effort, but the Biden administration is still playing hard to get.
Seed giant Corteva is packing up and ceasing all operations in Russia as the country continues its military invasion of Ukraine, according to a press release from the company.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday an immediate halt to the state’s enhanced inspections of Mexican trucks that had been delaying U.S. imports of fruits and vegetables as well as U.S. exports of poultry to Mexican buyers for more than a week.
Clint Nesbitt has joined Genus PLC as the global director of regulatory and external affairs, and Annemarie Pender has been hired by the National Pork Producers Council as the new assistant vice president for marketing and communications.
USDA today will release its annual survey of farmers’ planting intentions, which will be the department’s first good reading on how much farmers will shift their crop mix as a result of the Ukraine war and soaring costs for fertilizer and other inputs.