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The House Agriculture Committee is planning to mark up its portion of the GOP’s reconciliation bill on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, with opening statements beginning on Tuesday night and votes taking place Wednesday.

CropLife America hired Annemarie Pender as senior director of strategic communications. Landus president and CEO Matt Carstens abruptly stepped down on Friday, April 4.

Combest, Sell & Associates hired Sydney Lundberg as a staff economist based in Washington D.C. National Pork Board CEO Bill Even will leave his position on May 1 after nine years leading the organization. John Hendrix was promoted to legislative assistant on the House Agriculture Committee majority staff. 

Sustaining American competitiveness through agricultural education and building a workforce prepared to work with artificial intelligence were key priorities for the National FFA Organization and its partners at an event Tuesday in the House Agriculture Committee room. 

A group of House Republicans has appealed to President-elect Donald Trump to negotiate trade agreements that open new markets for U.S. cotton farmers during his second term.

House members return to Washington to battle over fiscal 2025 spending bills ahead of the national party conventions, and Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says he’ll be trying to round up support for the farm bill his panel advanced before the Memorial Day weekend.

President Biden used his State of the Union address to take on food companies while claiming credit for stabilizing farms with his economic policy.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned lawmakers Wednesday that the Supreme Court’s decision upholding California’s Proposition 12 could lead to “chaos,” if other states follow suit in imposing their own standards for food products.