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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Bridgforth leaves EPA for CFTC, McLean goes from Senate Ag to Missouri Soybeans

05/06/26 6:00 AM By Lydia Johnson
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Turner Bridgforth has left the Environmental Protection Agency for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Carley Esser McLean departed the Senate Ag Committee to join Missouri Soybeans. John Franz, known as the scientist who discovered glyphosate, has died at 96.

KEYWORDS Brandon Jackson Brenda Paul Carley Esser Carley Esser McLean CFTC Christopher Policinski Corteva Driscoll's EPA Farm Credit Mid-America Farm Foundation House Ag Committee Justin Faulb Kallie Renner Karrie Kirshenmann Kim Visioni Lamberto Andreotti Laura Lee Burkett Lynn Parman Michael Johanns Rep. Frank Lucas Scott Herndon Shaily Sanghvi Shari Rogge-Fidler Tennessee Farm Bureau Turner Bridgforth Wyard Stomp
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