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Farmers and ranchers are eagerly waiting President-elect Donald Trump`s decision on an agriculture secretary, even as the new Congress convenes to ratify his election and prepare to move his agenda.

President-elect Donald Trump scheduled meetings with three Texans who are candidates for agriculture secretary, including former Rep. Henry Bonilla and former state official Susan Combs, who has already met with Vice President-elect Mike Pence

There is another name in the mix for the job of Agriculture Secretary in the Trump administration. Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado was scheduled to talk to Trump about the job today, a Trump spokesman said.

President Barack Obama today announced the creation of two new national monuments, ensuring the protection of 1.65 million acres of federal land in Utah and Nevada.

The Central Sierra Recovery and Restoration Project in the Sierra National Forest in California is the big winner among the 10 new projects earmarked for funding in 2017 under USDAps Joint Chiefsp Landscape Restoration Partnership.

Elsa Murano, a former undersecretary for food safety at USDA who later served a short, rocky tenure as president of Texas A&M University, will be interviewed by President-elect Donald Trump to become secretary of agriculture.

Susan Combs, a former Texas agriculture commissioner and state comptroller, interviewed with Vice President-elect Mike Pence to become agriculture secretary or possible take another role in the Trump administration. Combs has the support of House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway&#

Mississippi River Basin states should be given a chance to address nutrient pollution first, before the federal government steps in, a federal court ruled late last week.

Agriculture secretary is a very big deal for President-elect Donald Trump and as with other cabinet positions he wants to make sure he is getting the right person for USDA, said spokesman Jason Miller.