Items Tagged with 'America First Policy Institute'

Justin Benavidez, who was chief economist for the House Agriculture Committee's Republican staff for the past three years, is succeeding Seth Meyer as USDA chief economist.

The Agriculture Department appointed Doug Hoelscher and Tate Bennett of the Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute, founded by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, to roles at the department in the most recent announcement of political appointees. 

Biofuel groups have been celebrating advances in the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers included in the GOP budget reconciliation bill, with one notable exception. 

Kyle Kunkler is now the Environmental Protection Agency’s top pesticide officer. The Agricultural Retailers Association hired Alex Enlow as director of communications and member experience. Dow Chemical promoted Colleen Litkenhaus to global director of public policy. 

Trey Elizondo was promoted to senior manager of global policy and strategy at Cargill. The America First policy Institute hired Oliver McPherson-Smith as vice chair for energy and environment. Steve Mercer retired from the U.S. Wheat Associates. 

President Donald Trump will nominate Doug Hoelscher, an Iowa veteran of the George W. Bush and first Trump administrations, to serve as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, according to three people familiar with White House plans.

Donald Trump launches his second term with what is promised to be a blizzard of executive orders and mass deportations, while Brooke Rollins gets her confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee. She's expected to face questioning on a wide range of issuses, including biofuels and avian flu.

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, told Agri-Pulse Wednesday her meetings with senators this week have been "extremely productive" and highlighted the regional and bipartisan nature of farm policy.

There’s been a lot of speculation about the kind of leader Brooke Rollins would be as ag secretary, so we talked with a couple of men who know her well. One is Drew DeBerry, a government affairs consultant at Axis Strategies, who first met Rollins when she worked for then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, an organization closely allied with President-elect Donald Trump, has been selected to serve as agriculture secretary.