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Rural Investment to Protect our Environment named Minnesota farmer Alana Petersen as president. The American Veterinary Medical Association hired Paul Gage as director of the federal government relations division. 

Bryce McWilliams joined the office of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., as a legislative assistant covering agriculture issues. Gary Wheeler resigned as CEO and executive director of Missouri Soybeans for personal reasons effective immediately. Jack Long joined the office of Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., as a legislative assistant covering agriculture issues. 

The Trump administration’s pick for the top trade position at the Agriculture Department told senators that penning international trade deals will be key to reducing the agricultural trade deficit and spurring U.S. exports. 

The Agriculture Department will provide specialty crop producers with up to $1.3 billion through the Commodity Credit Corporation, continuing a Biden-era program aimed at helping the industry amid cost pressures.

House Ag Republicans are looking at including some of the commodity and crop insurance proposals from the farm bill that passed out of committee last year into reconciliation, committee chair Glenn Thompson told a group of agricultural journalists on Tuesday.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is marking President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office in Texas today with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Agri-Pulse team took home a number of high-profile reporting awards from this year's North American Agricultural Journalists annual competition.

The Mexican government has agreed to immediately transfer Rio Grande water from international reservoirs to the U.S. following a dispute over lagging water deliveries to Texas, the State Department announced Monday.

In what has turned into an annual tradition, the Environmental Protection Agency approved the use of E15 nationwide this summer, ending any lingering suspense over whether the Trump administration would fail to grant an emergency fuel waiver.

President Donald Trump is celebrating 100 days in office this week as Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says we should start seeing some progress on trade deals.

Congressional Republicans return from their two-week recess facing the herculean task of finding agreement on a budget reconciliation bill that can enact President Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities. USDA’s top trade nominee will get his confirmation hearing. The House GOP also is taking aim at California climate waivers and an endangered species designation.