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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Hall tapped as FCA chair, Vilsack to lead WFPF

01/29/25 6:00 AM By Lydia Johnson

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.

Lamb producers fear loss of packing plant in Denver vote

09/04/24 6:06 AM By Noah Wicks

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The fate of a 500,000-head capacity Superior Farms plant, estimated to represent between 15% and 20% of the nation’s total lamb processing capacity, will soon be in Denver voters’ hands as they consider a referendum that would shut down its operations by 2026 and ban any future meatpacking businesses from entering the city and county.

New bill would mandate wording on meat alternative labels

01/30/24 10:00 AM By Spencer Chase

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Legislation introduced Tuesday would require the use of “imitation” or some other similar terminology on labels of plant-based meat alternatives sold in American grocery stores.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Mathieson returns to the US to work for Driscoll's

01/24/24 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

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Daniel Mathieson has been tapped as the next president of the Americas for Driscoll’s, and Stacy McBride has been named Husch Blackwell Strategies’ first executive vice president of federal government affairs.

Livestock groups urge support for farm bill animal disease programs

05/17/23 4:53 PM By Noah Wicks

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Ag groups ask SCOTUS to provide guidance on WOTUS

04/15/22 3:59 PM By Steve Davies

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More than a dozen farm groups are formally supporting a pair of Idaho landowners in a Supreme Court case that could determine the regulatory reach of the Clean Water Act.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Five selected to FSA, RD state leadership

02/02/22 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

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The Biden administration has selected five state leaders to Rural Development and Farm Service Agency offices and the National Pork Board has tapped Dustin Oedekoven as the organization’s new chief veterinarian.

Government publishes H-2A wage rates, proposes rule change

12/15/21 6:34 AM By Amy Mayer

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is publishing today its 2022 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWR), which are the minimum an employer must pay H-2A nonimmigrant agricultural workers, and proposing some changes to how those rates are set for certain jobs.

Daybreak Oct. 29: Conservation provisions survive cuts to Build Back Better

10/29/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Congressional Democrats have slashed in half their original $3.5 trillion spending plan, but many of the key climate-related ag provisions escaped unscathed.

Opinion: Tough immigration conversations needed to help keep meat and poultry on grocery store shelves

08/16/21 1:02 PM By Roger Barlow, Jerry Bohn, Joel Brandenberger, Chad Gregory, Shorty Jones, Julie Anna Potts, Susan Shultz, and Jen Sorenson

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In this opinion piece, a coalition of livestock industry groups discuss the urgent need for immigration reforms that meet labor needs in the industry.

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06.05.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Karen Ross on California agriculture, water, MAHA, Prop 12

California agriculture operates at a scale and under conditions unlike anywhere else in the country, yet the policy decisions extend far beyond state lines. We spent the week in Sacramento for the annual Agri-Pulse Food and Ag Issues Summit West and caught up with California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross to discuss the challenges, opportunities and innovations shaping California agriculture, and why the rest of the country should be paying attention to the Golden State.

Plus, Ag Council of California President Emily Rooney outlines concerning plastic and packaging regulations and Chris Zanobini, president and CEO of Ag Association Management Services Inc., describes the "regulatory jenga" plaguing California agriculture.

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