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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Chavonda Jacobs-Young departed from USDA where she was chief scientist. Terrain hired Marc Rosenbohm as a senior grain and oilseed analyst. Riley Padgett returned to USDA as chief of staff for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture hired Logan Moss as an associate director of public policy. Mike DeCamp retired as CEO and president of CoverCress.
Lindsay Buckley was appointed director of communications at the California Air Resources Board. Anne Castle, one of Biden’s top water officials at the Interior Department, submitted her resignation.
Brad Anderson will retire from California Dairies. Trinity Fruit Co. hired Anna O’Brien as a social media and public relations specialist.
A bevy of President-elect Donald Trump’s top selections for his cabinet get confirmation hearings this week, including former Rep. Lee Zeldin, picked to head the EPA, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, selected for the dual role of Interior secretary and White House energy czar. The Biden administration also is expected to release new regulatory actions in its final week.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who has championed biofuels as well as his state’s oil and coal industries, will serve as energy czar in the Trump administration in addition to running the Interior Department, President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is Donald Trump's choice to be the next Interior Secretary, the President-elect
announced at an America First Policy Institute event Thursday evening.
The Senate Appropriations Committee looks to advance the rest of its fiscal 2025 spending bills, including measures that fund federal water resource agencies and the Labor Department, ahead of the long August recess.
The House will debate funding for USDA and FDA as lawmakers return from their break for the Republican National Convention, while the House Agriculture Committee this week will hold a hearing on farmers’ current financial situation.
Lawmakers return to Washington to try to focus on fiscal 2025 spending bills even as Democrats face an ongoing debate about whether President Joe Biden should end his re-election bid.
The Supreme Court is due to release a ruling this week that could potentially restrict the power of federal regulatory agencies, and President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump square off in their only scheduled debate.
