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

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.

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.

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

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.

“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.