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Farm Hands on the Potomac: House Ag Committee staff changes, Varsamis rejoins USDA

03/26/25 6:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

USDA named Alec Varsamis deputy communications director. A veteran of the first Trump administration, he was press secretary and acting communications director for then-Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue. Since then, Versamis has worked at agencies Ketchum and Veno Group in account supervisor roles focused on agriculture, food and ingredients as well as crisis and issue management communications. He is a graduate of the University of San Francisco.

New study says exports to drive U.S. ethanol demand

02/19/25 6:01 AM By Oliver Ward

A new analysis from CoBank finds growing domestic consumption will have only modest effects on overall U.S. ethanol demand and says exports will drive industry growth.

Daybreak Dec. 6: Meet Brooke Rollins: Insights from former colleagues

12/06/24 9:47 AM By Philip Brasher, Lydia Johnson, Rebekah Alvey, and Noah Wicks

There’s been a lot of speculation about the kind of leader Brooke Rollins would be as ag secretary, so we talked with a couple of men who know her well. One is Drew DeBerry, a government affairs consultant at Axis Strategies, who first met Rollins when she worked for then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Steiner joins OFW; USDA staff appointments; CoBank taps Burke

07/24/24 6:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

Washington veteran Eric Steiner will join Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz’s (OFW) Government Relations’ team as a senior policy advisor. The Agriculture Department announced senior appointments and promotions across the agency, including: Cindy Long, Sean Babington, and Eric Deeble. CoBank named; Sean Burke; as chief financial officer. He will lead the cooperative bank’s finance group. Animal Health Institute president and CEO Mathews will retire at the end of 2024.

USDA announces $1.2B investment in rural cooperatives

11/15/23 6:05 AM By Quentin Slater

USDA is distributing more than $1.2 billion through seven Rural Development programs to cooperatives for projects ranging from health care to utility infrastructure.

Agriculture dominates list of largest co-ops

10/25/23 6:08 AM By Quentin Slater

National Cooperative Bank released its annual list of the 100 cooperatives in the country, and nearly half the listings and the four largest co-ops by revenue are agriculture enterprises.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak Oct. 6: GOP leader: Stabenow won’t budge on commodities

10/06/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, Jacqui Fatka, Noah Wicks, and Hannah Pagel

The chaos among House Republicans isn’t the only hurdle facing a new farm bill. Senate Republican Whip John Thune, R-S.D., says the Senate Ag Committee remains divided over key issues, including what to do about the major commodity programs.

Daybreak June 1: Debt deal clears hurdle, but are work rules still in play?

06/01/23 9:05 AM By Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, Philip Brasher, Jacqui Fatka, and Bill Tomson

The debt limit agreement between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has one more step to go before heading to the White House.

Daybreak Jan. 30: Food industry, consumer advocates anxiously await FDA announcement

01/30/23 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, and Noah Wicks

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is due this week to reveal his response to demands that he shore up the leadership of the agency’s food programs.

Farm Hands West: Braga Fresh promotes Pereira

01/25/23 7:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Braga Fresh has promoted Colby Pereira to chief operating officer and Jesús Valencia is the new regional director of agronomy for Corbet Scientific.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 28, 2025: Castaneda, Kuball on ag labor, trade

President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect next week. We spoke with Jaime Castaneda from the National Milk Producers Federation and Cassandra Kuball from Torrey Advisory Group about how the proposals could impact agriculture. They also discuss the potential for ag labor reform with Trump's stricter immigration policies.

Plus, Agri-Pulse Editor-in-Chief Philip Brasher provides commentary on the top issues in Washington.

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