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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has hired Jeff Rowe to be executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective August 17. The United Soybean Board named Courtney Knupp chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1. Mac Marshall has rejoined Bayer, now as its vice president of global policy and trade. CEO of the National Association of Conservation Districts Jeremy Peters is resigning, effective September 30. The National Corn Growers Association held its elections for the Corn Board checkoff at its biannual Corn Congress last week.

National Association of Conservation Districts CEO Jeremy Peters is resigning, effective September 30. Mark LeValley is the new president of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Joshua Lepper to a labor seat and Cassie Hilaski to a management seat on the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards board.

Corn, soybean and ethanol groups will gather on Capitol Hill this week as the legislative window for completing top agriculture agenda items narrows. Official Washington was stunned by the death of Lindsey Graham, who had served as a Republican senator from South Carolina since 2003. He was 71.

The Agriculture Department has agreed to enroll 2.2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program this year out of the 2.5 million acres offered by landowners under all three program signups. The National Corn Growers Association is calling for heightened transparency from agricultural input companies as it releases a new study that shows U.S. farmers paying substantially more for seeds and pesticides than their counterparts in Brazil.