Items Tagged with 'Rep. David Scott'

Dan Durheim has been tapped as chief operating officer for the California Farm Bureau. He was most recently assistant vice president of sponsor relations at Nationwide Insurance.

The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.

Prospects for moving a farm bill anytime soon are anything but improved with the director of the Congressional Budget Office telling lawmakers he can’t add staff to work on the legislation.

The Senate has confirmed the nominations of Doug McKalip to be the Biden administration's chief ag trade administrator, Alexis Taylor to be USDA's undersecretary of trade and foreign agricultural affairs, and Jose Emilio Esteban to be USDA’s undersecretary for food safety.

House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott, D-Ga., will be joined by a cross-section of distinguished industry leaders for an April 23 webinar to discuss “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Agriculture: Ideas for Improvement.” This is the first in a series of discussions sponsored by the Corn Refiners Association.