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Sacramento Valley farmer Roger Cornwell was elected chair of the Northern California Water Association board of directors. The California Association of Pest Control Advisers hired Keri Frank as a sales manager. 

Tyler Hassen, the head of oilfield services company Basin Energy, has been named assistant secretary of policy, management and budget at the Department of Interior.

GOP lawmakers are examining the timing of outlays through a fund to help farmers weather economic shocks to ensure payments continue on time.

Bills to protect pesticide companies from product liability lawsuits targeting pesticides are being considered in statehouses across the nation as Bayer continues to fight thousands of court cases alleging that exposure to Roundup caused their non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

China retaliated against U.S. agricultural exports this week, but plenty in the agricultural community continue to see the merits in President Donald Trump’s trade agenda and are willing to accept the short-term sting.

The Agriculture Department is de-emphasizing vaccines as a tool to control bird flu in poultry operations, leaving advocates for the shots seeking clarification on where the department stands on them.

Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican and doctor by training, has long advocated the "food is medicine" concept, the idea that diet plays a role in preventing and curing disease. Now he has emerged as one of the leading congressional champions of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement launched by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Corn, sorghum, soybean and wheat exports are heavily dependent on markets that are headed for population decline over the next 25 years, according to a new report by Terrain.

The Agriculture Department is one of 16 federal departments and agencies that reported improper payments totaling $162 billion in fiscal 2024, including $10.5 billion in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program at USDA, according to the Government Accountability Office.

The National Oilseed Processors Association hired Corey McCray as vice president of government affairs. Tucker Stewart, general counsel and a top agriculture aide to Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., departed from the office. Mary Galey joined the Department of Agriculture as scheduling director. 

The National Association of Wheat Growers hired Anthony Peña as policy manager. Former Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., hired Morgan Orem as a legislative assistant. 

Leaders of USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services committed to releasing the final Dietary Guidelines for Americans ahead of the statutory deadline and said they are looking for ways to make future processes more transparent.