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Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas rolled out a new leadership slate, UC Davis is looking for a new ag dean and a Washington state woman is the new leader of the nation's oldest farm organization.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman plans to leave next year, Martin Bates has a new role at Dairy Farmers of America, and Brittany Jablonsky is returning to the National Farmers Union.

The Biden administration’s “waters of the U.S.” rule will be front and center this week.

A massive bipartisan infrastructure bill the Senate is debating this week would make a historic $65 billion investment in expanding high-speed internet, but the bulk of the funding would be routed through states, and rural broadband advocates want to see the Agriculture Department play a bigger role in distributing the funding.

A recent broadband coverage map released by the White House further illustrates rural America is in dire need of faster internet speeds, but at least one rural state is doing better than most, thanks to a commitment by local providers.