Articles Tagged with ''Bayer''

Exports from India will soon face a 50% tariff due partly to its purchases of Russian oil.

EPA is proposing to re-register dicamba herbicide for over-the-top application to cotton and soybeans, with restrictions intended to limit ecological harm.

The Supreme Court is seeking input from the nation's top lawyer before deciding whether to take up a petition sought by Bayer on the reach of federal pesticide law.

Senate GOP leaders face a self-imposed deadline to pass their budget reconciliation bill before the July 4 deadline amid ongoing opposition from some deficit hawks and a fresh hole in the budget savings claimed by the Agriculture Committee. The Supreme Court is expected to consider its decision in a key pesticide case.

The Senate Finance Committee has set the stage for negotiations with the House over the tax provisions in the Big Beautiful Bill that Republicans are trying to get to the White House this summer.

In this opinion piece, Missouri farmer Blake Hurst argues that the MAHA Commission report is a sloppily produced reflection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s long-held views on food and agriculture. 

Jamison Cruce left his position as vice president of government relations at USA Rice to launch his own firm, Cruce Capitol Consulting. Jake Westlin, former vice president at the National Association of Wheat Growers, will succeed Cruce at USA Rice. The Senate Ag Committee Republicans hired Carlye Winfrey as a legislative aide. Growth Energy hired Jared Henderson and Emma Keiser as directors of government affairs. 

Martha Smith was promoted to vice president of North America agricultural affairs and license to operate at Bayer Crop Science. The National Pork Producers Council hired Shannon McMurtrey-Belson as senior director of international affairs and Dillon Davidson as director of state policy. Jeremy Witte was sworn in as deputy under secretary of marketing and regulatory programs at USDA.

The National Pork Producers Council hired Wendy Brannen as vice president of communications and marketing. Jimmy Peacock departed Capitol Hill to join Cornerstone Government Affairs as a principal. Patrick Penn was appointed as deputy under secretary for the Food and Nutrition Service.

Will Sitton joined Invariant’s food and agriculture practice as a senior manager of government affairs. The National Pork Producers Council hired Wendy Brannen as vice president of communications and marketing. Duane Simpson will succeed Chuck Conner as president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives.

Bayer Vice President Duane Simpson was named to succeed Chuck Conner as the next president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. 

Editor's note: Bayer CEO Bill Anderson sat down with News Editor Steve Davies after speaking about sustainable agriculture with industry representatives recently in Washington. What follows are lightly edited excerpts of that conversation, which includes discussion of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, and the "Make America Healthy Again" movement.