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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, March 31, 2025
The Surface Transportation Board won't challenge a federal appeals court's finding that it does not have the authority to solve rail rate disputes by deciding between one of two offers.
President Trump designated Jeffery Hall as board chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration. Glen Smith of Iowa was elected chairman of the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation board of directors.
Former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been named CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation. The American Peanut Council hired Kate Maher as membership manager.
Major rail carriers have made major gains in improving service over the past couple of years, but the fluidity of their lines will be tested in the next few months as they look to transport thousands of carloads of freshly harvested corn, soybeans, wheat and other crops across the country.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday vacated a Surface Transportation Board rule that allows the agency to more quickly resolve rate disputes by deciding based on either the shipper's or railroad's final offer.
Former Sorghum Checkoff Chair Verity Ulibarri was elected U.S. Grains Council board chair at the USGC annual meeting in Salt Lake City. She is the second sorghum sector representative to chair the council board in recent history. USDA promoted Carlton Bridgeforth to White House liaison.
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., is moving ahead with votes on his farm bill this week despite a funding gap for the sweeteners to commodity programs and crop insurance.
Scott Herndon has joined Corteva as the new head of US Government and Industry Affairs and Jill LeVake has accepted the role of Corteva’s state government and industry affairs western regional director.
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., this week reiterated his plan to move a farm bill before Memorial Day. But there’s little sign that Thompson has made any progress with Democrats on the committee, and lawmakers won’t be in session next week.
