In this opinion piece, Michael Dykes, DVM, president & CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, urges Congress to compensate the men and women working on the front lines of the COVID-19 epidemic in food processing, food retail, food transportation, and throughout the food supply chain in the next coronavirus response package.

Groups that have been engaged in the process of developing the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans are trying to get the ear of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar before the last meeting of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

Josette Lewis was tapped to serve as the Almond Board of California's chief scientific officer.

Wayne Stoskopf joins NCGA and Andrew Jerome joins IDFA.

UC Davis taps two professors to lead Hemp Research Center and Mark Heising is selected as chairman-elect for the Environmental Defense Fund.

Anne Thompson joins the National Corn Growers Association, Kaitlynn Glover joins the Public Lands Council, and Kellie Adesina joins the government relations team for Bayer crop science division.

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