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President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Virginia Ag Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh as his selection for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Janet McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Virginia Ag Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh to be the next deputy secretary of agriculture, the second highest position at USDA. If confirmed, she would be the first woman of color to hold the position.

Mark Poeshcl, the CEO of the National FFA Organization, has submitted his resignation.

Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce that Jesse Harding Campbell has joined the Agri-Pulse team as an executive assistant.

Kate Burr joins Markon Cooperative and Michael Gonzales has been promoted to head of marketing at Limoneira Co.

New faces will head key departments as the Biden administration takes office Jan. 20, and their actions on regulations affecting agriculture and rural America may differ sharply from the last four years.

Ag groups are more than happy with the choice of Michael Regan, secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, citing his experience working with the farming community in North Carolina and the Biden administration’s extensive outreach to farm groups thus far.

Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their run-off elections to give Democrats control of the U.S. Senate and there's a new president at Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health.

Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Haig Baghdassarian as the deputy secretary and chief counsel at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has hired Kevin Watson as a new compliance officer.

Mike Seyfert has been tapped to lead the National Grain and Feed Association, President-elect Joe Biden has added additional members to the White House COVID-19 Response Team, and Carrie Castille becomes the permanent director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.