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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Martha Scott Poindexter will be returning to the Senate Agriculture Committee as staff director for GOP Sen. John Boozman, and the American Seed Trade Association has hired Senate Ag Veteran Janae Brady.
The Missouri Farm Bureau selected Garrett Hawkins as its 15th president Sunday, becoming one of the youngest Farm Bureau presidents in the nation with deep roots in Missouri agriculture.
The House Republican Steering Committee has picked Rep. Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania to serve as ranking member for the House Agriculture Committee, succeeding the retiring Rep. Mike Conaway.
Rep. Jim Costa was not the top pick of the Democratic Steering Committee to chair the House Agriculture Committee and Jason Resnick has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at Western Growers.
A wide variety of strong and talented black professionals are available for jobs in food, agriculture and USDA under the new Biden Administration, according to a new group.
President-elect Joe Biden has announced he will appoint Janet Yellen to the position of treasury secretary and Jason Resnick has been promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at Western Growers.
Georgia Democrat David Scott cleared a major hurdle to becoming the next chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, installing new leadership for the committee as it prepares to begin work on a new farm bill.
Ajit Pai, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said Monday he plans to step down from his post as a commissioner on January 20 after eight years at the agency.
President-elect Joe Biden has announced his nominees for and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts and has tapped former Secretary of State John Kerry to be the special presidential envoy for climate.
Jenny Holtermann is now the new executive director of the Water Association of Kern County and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has announced she will not pursue leadership on the Senate Judiciary Committee.