Articles by Hannah Pagel

Jeanne Merrill is stepping down from the California Climate and Agriculture Network where she was the founding policy director.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected Joby Young as its new executive vice president, and USDA announced the names of five officials who will lead state Rural Development and Farm Service Agency offices.

Glyphosate, one of agriculture's chief inputs is not only a mainstay in the field, it's had its fair share of trips to the courtroom as well.

Lawmakers are well into their preparatory hearings for writing the next farm bill. But a veteran Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee suggests the bill’s fate is going to hinge on whether lawmakers come up with more funding for it.

President Joe Biden has picked five officials from across the country to head up local Agriculture Department efforts.

The Biden administration is getting pressure from Capitol Hill to continue those $5-an-acre payments to farmers who plant cover crops.

Sammy Duda has been named CEO-elect of DUDA and Robert Verloop has been named executive director and chief executive officer of the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission.

The USA Poultry & Egg Export Council has selected Greg Tyler as its president and CEO, and Paul Sauder as chairman of the board.

“Not that I’m aware of.” House Agriculture Chairman David Scott says that answer from Tim Schellpeper, the CEO of meatpacking giant JBS USA, at a hearing in April is enough to justify setting up a special investigator’s office at USDA to look into meat industry practices.