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USDA needs to plan better for agency relocations, GAO says

01/13/23 2:11 PM By Steve Davies

USDA should have planned better for staff attrition when it moved the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture to Kansas City, Missouri, in 2019, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report that notes the department “minimally involved employees, Congress, and other key stakeholders in relocating the agencies.”

Farm Bureau hires Young as next top executive

06/24/22 4:25 PM By Spencer Chase and Sara Wyant

The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected Joby Young, a former Trump administration official with Capitol Hill experience, as its new executive vice president.

Dietary guidelines input focuses on low-carb, sustainability, food processing

06/01/22 6:24 AM By Steve Davies

The next version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans needs to take a close look at the effectiveness of low-carb diets, most commenters told the federal agencies putting together the 2025-2030 DGA.

GAO: Trump administration used flawed analysis for ERS-NIFA move

04/21/22 1:58 PM By Philip Brasher

The Trump administration improperly assessed the costs of moving two USDA research agencies to Kansas City by among other things failing to account for the large-scale staff losses that would follow, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Farm Hands on the Potomac: Perdue named finalist, Williams confirmed to USFWS post

02/23/22 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Perdue heads back to Georgia, the Senate has confirmed Martha Williams as the director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Jessica Shade has accepted the position of national program leader for USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Biden picks California almond exec Trevino for chief ag negotiator

09/13/21 5:30 PM By Bill Tomson

The Biden administration announced Monday its plan to nominate Elaine Trevino, president of the Almond Alliance of California and former deputy secretary for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, to be the next chief agricultural trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

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.

Daybreak July 1: Stabenow: Perdue-ADM deal 'deeply concerning'

07/01/21 11:00 AM By Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, Ben Nuelle, and Annie Deckey

Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is seeking a federal ethics investigation into a business deal between former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and agribusiness giant Archers Daniels Midland. The Washington Post reported this week that Perdue in early 2017 purchased an ADM soybean facility for $250,000 that was worth millions.

USDA reverses course on Trump-era SNAP eligibility cut

06/09/21 3:13 PM By Annie Deckey

The USDA is reversing a rule proposed during the Trump Administration that would have tightened the categorical eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and removed eligibility for up to 3 million people.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Bustos will not seek re-election

05/05/21 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The Department of the Interior has announced new leadership, former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has joined The Heritage Foundation, and Blake Rollins has been selected to serve as Missouri Farm Bureau’s chief administrative officer.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 26, 2023: Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., Sara Neagu-Reed, Dennis Nuxoll on ag spending bill, Colorado River talks

The House Appropriations Committee delayed the consideration of a bill to fund several government agencies key to food and ag policy this week as debt ceiling talks lingered. Committee member and California Republican David Valadao joins Newsmakers to discuss that delay, his thoughts on some critical parts of the bill and analyze this week’s news on the Colorado River.

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