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Second time around, it's harder for Vilsack to get USDA team installed

07/28/21 6:45 AM By Philip Brasher and Annie Deckey

The Biden administration is filling Senate-confirmed positions at the Agriculture Department at a slow pace similar to Donald Trump’s first year in office and well behind the rate at which Barack Obama stocked his sub-Cabinet positions.

Senate Ag advances USDA general counsel nominee

06/10/21 1:23 PM By Philip Brasher

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The Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday easily approved the nomination of Janie Simms Hipp, a long-time agricultural law specialist and member of the Chickasaw Nation, to become the Agriculture Department's general counsel.

Daybreak May 28: Ag Committee leaders agree: Livestock markets need scrutiny

05/28/21 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Lawmakers are going to be looking into concerns that meatpackers are using their market power to drive down prices paid to producers.

Daybreak May 27: Ag groups endorse USDA nominee

05/27/21 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Many of the nation’s top farm groups have endorsed Janie Simms Hipp to become USDA’s general counsel ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing today.

Washington Week Ahead: Biden issues budget, stays tough with GOP on infrastructure

05/23/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

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President Joe Biden this week releases his first full budget, detailing both his short-term and long-term spending priorities, while he remains far apart from Senate Republicans on a deal around infrastructure spending.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Biden nominates Hipp

03/17/21 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

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President Joe Biden will nominate Janie Simms Hipp, an agricultural law veteran and member of the Chickasaw Nation, to become the Agriculture Department’s general counsel, and USDA also announces new senior leadership positions.

Daybreak March 16: Native American lawyer, Janie Hipp, tapped to be USDA general counsel

03/16/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Ben Nuelle, and Bill Tomson

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Janie Simms Hipp, a member of the Chickasaw Nation and head of the Native American Agriculture Fund, will be nominated as general counsel at the Agriculture Department, the White House has announced.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sen. Peter Welch on farm bill, Mary Boote on Global Farmer sentiment

The Senate is expected to release farm bill text soon. We asked Vermont Sen. Peter Welch what he’d like to see included, and if there will be a push to remove state SNAP cost share provisions enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Welch also discusses concerns about staffing levels at farmer-facing USDA offices.

Plus, Global Farmer Network founder and CEO Mary Boote discusses how farmers around the world have responded to U.S. trade and tariff policies enacted by the Trump administration, as well as technology adoption trends from GFN members in 70+ countries in 6 continents.

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