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Xochitl Torres Small has officially been confirmed as USDA’s new deputy agriculture secretary and Jill Bramble has been tapped as the new president and CEO of the National 4-H Council.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow is planning to hold a committee hearing on foreign land ownership at some point this Congress, though she is still unsure of when, she told reporters Monday.

Congress is back in action this week after a two-week recess.

Hopes are building in farm country for an increase in the reference prices that trigger government payments through the Price Loss Coverage program.

For the third Congress in a row, House members have offered a bill addressing agriculture’s labor shortage, reintroducing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which allows year-round ag labor for H-2A workers and creates a merit-based visa program for the ag sector.

Matt Mika has moved to AmericanHort and David Ross has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing at Edible Garden.

The House and Senate Agriculture Committees are still several months away from voting on a new farm bill, but the major issues in each of the 12 titles are coming into focus even as lawmakers continue offering new proposals they’d like to see included. Here is a summary of the issues in play as well as notable proposals lawmakers would like to see included in the bill.

USDA has is taking nominations for membership on the department's Tribal Advisory Committee. The committee was established in the 2018 farm bill and provides guidance to the Secretary of Agriculture regarding tribal affairs.

Matt Mika has moved to AmericanHort and Cami Ryan has been hired as a senior business partner of industry affairs and sustainability for Bayer CropScience Canada.