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Thursday, August 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2017 – Controversial nominee Sam Clovis is no longer under consideration for a USDA undersecretary position. He withdrew his name from consideration in a letter to President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - Sam Clovis’ already rocky road to confirmation as USDA’s chief scientist just got a bit rockier, after his name surfaced in the special counsel’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – Nominees for four critical positions at the Environmental Protection Agency have taken a big step toward assuming their posts at the agency.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 - The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office is a step closer to having a new chief agriculture negotiator. This, after the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved Gregg Doud, a former chief economist for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, for the position unanimously in a voice vote. The nomination now goes to the full Senate.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2017 - Congressional Republicans will set the stage this week to begin work on a $1.5 trillion tax-cut bill, while the Senate is poised to approve two more undersecretaries for the Agriculture Department.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2017 - Jayson Lusk, past president of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, is being presented with the Borlaug CAST Communication Award today at the World Food Prize Symposium.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 16, 2017 – Five former U.S. agriculture secretaries gathered to discuss a wide range of hunger-related issues today during the Iowa Hunger Summit, part of the World Food Prize events here this week.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15, 2017 - Senate Republicans this week will seek to squeeze through a budget resolution critical to passing tax cuts, and several of President Trump’s nominees critical to agriculture also could move out of committee.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - Dudley Hoskins has taken what he hopes will be a very temporary job at USDA. The former public policy counsel for the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says he’s now a senior adviser with the department’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2017 - Bill Northey, the Iowa agriculture secretary nominated to oversee USDA’s farm and conservation programs, promised senators he would work to protect crop insurance, improve customer service and assist farmers in addressing water quality issues.
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