Farm Hands on the Potomac: Biden taps Kerry to tackle climate

11/25/20 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

President-elect Joe Biden has announced his nominees for and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts and has tapped former Secretary of State John Kerry to be the special presidential envoy for climate.

Shutdowns and slowdowns spur closer look at meat processing capacity

06/03/20 6:25 AM By Spencer Chase

A turbulent couple of months for meatpackers and their employees has placed a fresh focus on the industry’s capacity to process the chicken, pork and beef on American dinner plates.

Daybreak: Farm Bureau town hall talks of ‘potholes’ in road ahead

04/29/20 5:01 AM By Brad Hooker

A proposal to tax sugary beverage distributors returns to the Legislature * Tax on sugary beverages is back * Trump gives meatpacking marching orders

Farm Hands on the Potomac: NPPC elects Roth

03/11/20 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

NPPC elects a new officer team and Rep. Collin Peterson announces he will run for reelection.

Farm Hands West: Roy joins Tanimura & Antle

03/10/20 3:55 PM By Hannah Pagel

Matt Roy joins Tanimura & Antle and Fresh Market taps Jason Potter.

Farm Hands on the Potomac West: Rabo AgriFinance promotes Jelacich to lead California territory

07/03/19 7:36 AM By Hannah Pagel

Rabo AgriFinance promotes Jelacich and California Governor Gavin Newsom announces appointments.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Land O'Lakes executive heads to Walmart

05/15/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Walmart hires a Land O'Lakes executive and Bunge announces a new leadership structure.

Farm Hands on the Potomac: Cargill and Beck Ag add to senior leadership team

04/10/19 6:00 AM By Hannah Pagel

Cargill taps two to take on new agricultural supply chain and animal nutrition leadership roles, Beck Ag appoints new CEO, and new staff appointees are added to the House Ag Committee and Natural Resource Committee.

National Pork Board CEO Bill Even

This week’s Open Mic guest is Bill Even, CEO of the National Pork Board. Last year proved challenging for the nation’s swine producers and the pork industry despite a record-setting pace for global pork sales. While the new year offers challenges from higher feed costs, Even suggests the packing industry is processing animals at near capacity and demand for pork remains robust from both domestic and global markets. A continuing shift of consumers purchasing food online has brought new avenues in product promotion and associations in the food industry to reach consumers. Even says net-zero emissions for producing swine is attainable building on a well-documented path of sustainable production practices.

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Opinion: Policymakers have a huge opportunity to leverage venture investment in food and agriculture. Here’s how.

In this opinion piece, Sanjeev Krishnan with S2G Ventures outlines a path that policymakers can follow to avoid the issues that arise when policy lags behind food and ag tech investment and innovation.

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Agri-Pulse interview with Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack: March 2, 2021

Less than a week into his second stint on the job, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has already identified the key immediate priorities for USDA to address. Vilsack addresses those priorities and more in this interview with Agri-Pulse's Phil Brasher, Spencer Chase and Sara Wyant.

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