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USDA’s Perdue puts brakes on school nutrition standards

05/01/17 5:00 PM By Bill Tomson

LEESBURG, Va., May 1, 2017 – USDA is putting a hold on regulations in the National School Lunch Program that would require less salt and more whole grains in cafeterias, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said today at an elementary school in Virginia.

Senate confirms Perdue to lead USDA

04/24/17 6:00 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2017 – Sonny Perdue, who has promised to be a forceful advocate for farmers within the Trump administration, is set to take over as the 31st agriculture secretary on Tuesday after easily winning Senate confirmation, 87-11.

Perdue nomination as ag secretary clears one more hurdle

04/04/17 3:00 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2017 – Hopes are growing that Sonny Perdue can win confirmation as agriculture secretary this week after a Democrat removed a hold on his nomination.

Perdue plans separation from agribusiness, trucking interests

03/13/17 12:00 AM By Phil Brasher

WASHINGTON, March 13, 2017 - President Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, has promised to give up control of his agribusiness, trucking and real estate interests.

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03.24.2023

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 24, 2023: Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, Alexa Combelic, Joe Kakesh on WOTUS, biofuels and farm bill spending

The appropriations process is in full swing on Capitol Hill, and many ag policy issues are sure to be impacted by annual spending debates. House Appropriations Committee Republican Ashley Hinson of Iowa joins Agri-Pulse Newsmakers to discuss her priorities in the process as well as how the farm bill could be impacted by debt ceiling negotiations.

Then, Alexa Combelic with the American Soybean Association and Joe Kakesh with Growth Energy offer their thoughts on pending Environmental Protection Agency action on a host of issues facing the biofuels sector.

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