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President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jose Emilio Esteban as the next undersecretary for food safety at USDA, a role that would give him oversight of the FSIS programs he currently monitors as the agency’s chief scientist.

President Joe Biden has chosen Robert Califf to lead the Food and Drug Administration, which would give the cardiologist and professor a second stint at the agency's helm.

Albert Keck II has been tapped to serve as chairman of Western Growers Board of Directors and Allied Grape Growers has named Kyle Collins as its manager of North Valley operations.

Bayer Crop Science President Liam Condon plans to leave the company at the end of the year “to pursue career opportunities outside of Bayer,” and Dennis Rodenbaugh has been tapped to lead Dairy Farmers of America as the new president and chief executive officer.

Bayer Crop Science President Liam Condon plans to leave the company at the end of the year, setting the stage for Rodrigo Santos to become the new leader of the company.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer filed cloture Thursday on the nomination of Robert Bonnie to be USDA's undersecretary for farm production and conservation.

Donald Wirz will become the new president of the San Benito County Farm Bureau and the California Manufacturers and Technology Association has brought on Robert Spiegel.

Chuck Magro has been tapped to serve as the new CEO at Corteva and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation has selected Hilary Harp Falk as the organization’s next CEO and president.

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln will celebrate a new biography “Rhymes with Fighter: Clayton Yeutter, American Statesman,” of former U.S. Trade Representative and Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter with a November 4 book launch.