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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
President Barack Obama, Mike Pence, Affordable Care Act, Sonny Perdue, Abel Maldanado, Zippy Duvall, Jeff Sessions, Steve Daines, Ben Sasse, Thom Tillis, Chris Van Hollen, Jerry Moran, Joni Ernst, Tammy Duckworth, Kamala Harris, Renewable
Farmers and ranchers are eagerly waiting President-elect Donald Trump`s decision on an agriculture secretary, even as the new Congress convenes to ratify his election and prepare to move his agenda.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will become president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council when he leaves office this month, says a source familiar with his plans.
President-elect Donald Trump scheduled meetings with three Texans who are candidates for agriculture secretary, including former Rep. Henry Bonilla and former state official Susan Combs, who has already met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence
Sales of medically important antibiotics for food-producing animals rose by 2 percent last year and are up 26 percent since 2009, the Food and Drug Administration says in its latest annual report on usage of the drugs.
Elsa Murano, a former undersecretary for food safety at USDA who later served a short, rocky tenure as president of Texas A&M University, will be interviewed by President-elect Donald Trump to become secretary of agriculture.
Peter Navarro, an outspoken critic of China and U.S. trade policy who advised President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign, will lead a newly established National Trade Council in the White House
Susan Combs, a former Texas agriculture commissioner and state comptroller, interviewed with Vice President-elect Mike Pence to become agriculture secretary or possible take another role in the Trump administration. Combs has the support of House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway&#
President Obama signed into law a water projects authorization bill and issued a statement cautioning agency managers to heed endangered species requirements before increasing irrigation water supplies in Californias drought-stricken Central Valley.
