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Farm Hands on the Potomac: FCA appoints new chief examiner

10/23/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The Farm Credit Administration board of directors appoints a new chief examiner and Jeff Moyer is named the new CEO of the Rodale Institute.

Farm Hands West: Newsom makes new appointments to CalEPA

09/04/19 10:56 AM By Hannah Pagel

Newsom announces new appointments to the California Environmental Protection Agency and John May is Deere and Company's new CEO.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Deere taps May as CEO

09/04/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

May tapped as Deere's new CEO, Bohman is the new deputy director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Coleman is the new COO of the Farm Credit Administration.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Smith designated to lead Farm Credit Administration

07/24/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

President Donald Trump designated Glen Smith to serve as chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced new leadership appointments, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has made new leadership changes and hires for the department.

Farm Hands West: July 24

07/23/19 11:25 PM By Hannah Pagel

Steve Lutz will leave the Produce Marketing Association on August 2 to start his own communications and marketing company.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Farm Credit appoints acting CEO

05/22/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

The loss of Dallas Tonsager, Corn Refiners Association taps a new COO, Alltech adds four new senior executives, and Ducks Unlimited adds to its public policy team.

FCA Chairman Dallas Tonsager, former USDA undersecretary, dies

05/21/19 9:45 PM By Philip Brasher

Dallas Tonsager, the chairman of the Farm Credit Administration since 2016 who earlier served as an undersecretary for rural development at USDA, died Tuesday. He was 64.

Farm Credit banks urged to work with farmers hurt by Florence

10/03/18 6:16 AM By Daniel Enoch

The Farm Credit Administration is encouraging banks in the Farm Credit System to work with System borrowers affected by Hurricane Florence

Farm Credit System prepared for weaker farm economy

06/20/18 6:32 AM By Jim Webster

“Some deterioration in credit quality” for borrowers in the agricultural sector is evident in a new set of financial indicators of the Farm Credit System posted last week by the system’s federal regulatory agency, the Farm Credit Administration.

Nominee for USDA General Counsel faces Dem opposition

11/09/17 5:00 PM By Bill Tomson

Stephen Vaden, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the USDA’s top lawyer, took a bruising today from Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee who raised concerns about his qualifications and what he's written in the past about voting rights.

USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey

This week’s guest on Open Mic is USDA Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey. Few years have presented as many weather challenges for farmers as 2019. USDA’s Farm Service Agency has acted to lessen the effects on crop and livestock farmers as well as facilitated the Trump administration's trade assistance programs. In this interview, Northey speaks to the new signup for the Conservation Reserve Program, upcoming deadlines under the 2018 farm bill and the possibility of a third tranche of payments next year under the Market Facilitation Program.

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