Lydia Johnson

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. 

President Donald Trump has kicked the Mexico and Canada tariff can further down the road for potash and other imports following a pressure campaign from prominent ag figures.

Main Street Produce, also known as Freshway Farms, hired Steve Circle as director of sales. Tom Schultz, former director of the Idaho Department of Lands, was named chief of the U.S. Forest Service. 

The California Table Grape Commission hired Jackie Nakashian as director of community service and health programs. Tom Schultz, former director of the Idaho Department of Lands, was named chief of the U.S. Forest Service. He succeeds Randy Moore. 

Corn and soybean growers meeting at this year’s Commodity Classic wrestled with the potential impacts of President Donald Trump’s sweeping actions on trade and federal spending cuts.

Sonny Ramaswamy retired from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities where he served as president. U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action elected five new members to its board of directors and named a new executive committee for the coming year. 

The World Food Prize Foundation hired Zach Clemens as senior manager of communications. Amanda Martin is departing from the Farm Foundation. The Kansas Department of Agriculture appointed Suzanne Ryan-Numrich to serve as director of the KDA Division of Agriculture Marketing, Advocacy, and Outreach.

Protecting CVP staff * Leadership class announced * Trump to farmers: ‘Have fun!’ with tariffs

With farmers across the country concerned about losing workers to mass deportations, there are renewed calls for reforming the H-2A visa system. To that end, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., tells Agri-Pulse he plans to introduce legislation that would put into law recommendations made by a committee task force in the last Congress.

The Trump administration’s budget-cutting is ending support for those therapeutic foods that are used to save malnourished kids overseas.

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is making some bold promises that rural America will boom again as the result of President Donald Trump’s policies.

Snowpack survey * UFW sues Border Patrol * Garamendi talks ag issues * Rollins: We’ll unleash rural ‘prosperity’