Republicans Face First Major Budget Test Next Week
President Trump and Republicans, who now control Congress, face their first major budget test next week. The Senate reconvenes next Monday and the House of Representatives on Tuesday after a two-week...
View ArticleSonny Perdue Sworn in as 31st Secretary of Agriculture
After months without a secretary of agriculture, the Senate voted 87 to 11 on Monday evening to confirm former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to the post. Perdue’s cousin, Senator David Perdue (R-GA)...
View ArticleLighthizer One Step Closer to Being Confirmed as U.S. Trade Representative
Congressional negotiators included a provision in the bipartisan spending bill that funds the federal government through September to pave the way for Robert Lighthizer to be confirmed as the U.S....
View ArticleAg Secretary Perdue Announces Proposal to Create an Undersecretary for Trade
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue yesterday announced his proposal for the creation of an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs in the U.S. Department of Agriculture....
View ArticleSenate Confirms Robert Lighthizer as President Trump’s Pick for USTR
The Senate yesterday confirmed Robert Lighthizer, President Trump’s nominee for United States Trade Representative (USTR) by a vote of 82-14. President Trump’s trade agenda has been mostly on hold...
View ArticleWhite House Expected to Soon Name Nominees to Key Positions at USDA
The White House is expected to soon name a slate of nominees to key positions at USDA. The CEO of the American Soybean Association, Steve Censky, is expected to be named deputy secretary, the person...
View ArticleTrump 2018 Budget has USDA Bracing for Significant Funding Reduction
The White House on Tuesday released its proposed budget that includes cuts to Department of Agriculture programs. The budget proposes an almost 21-percent cut to USDA, the third-largest percentage cut...
View ArticlePresident Trump’s Agenda Bogged Down by a Distracted Congress
The path to win major legislative victories for the Trump Administration is becoming increasingly narrow. With the August recess looming, with only seven more weeks until lawmakers leave Washington,...
View ArticleDepartment of Labor Reaches Settlement Regarding Wage Theft Involving...
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a $1.2 million settlement with a North Carolina staffing company who officials say engaged in wage theft with hundreds of poultry workers, the federal agency...
View ArticleUSDA’s June World Agricultural and Supply and Demand Estimates Available Now
USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released today lowered the forecast for total meat production from last month per 2017 but raised it for 2018. Broiler production...
View ArticleTrump Administration Names New CDC Director
The Trump administration today named Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia’s Public Health Commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fitzgerald, 70, is an...
View ArticleTrump Nominates Deputy U.S. Trade Representative in Geneva
President Trump this week announced he is nominating Dennis Shea to be deputy U.S. trade representative in Geneva. This position, which requires Senate confirmation, represents the United States at...
View ArticleAg Secretary Perdue Announces Two Key USDA Food Safety Appointments
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Monday announced two key USDA appointments. Carmen Rottenberg was selected as the Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and Paul Kiecker has been...
View ArticleNCC’s Ashley Peterson Speaks on Issues Regarding Neutralized Buffered Peptone...
Last year, at the recommendation of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the U.S. poultry industry switched from buffered peptone water to “neutralized” buffered peptone to reduce the risk of false...
View ArticleAMS Issues Rule On Enforcement Action Against Packers Violating Livestock...
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) on Wednesday issued a final rule, effective immediately, expanding the rules of practice to an already existing statutory penalty authority, to include...
View Article2015 NARMS Integrated Report Highlights Decreases in Antimicrobial Resistance
On the 20th anniversary of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) program, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the U.S....
View ArticleTwo Women Being Mentioned as Candidates for USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety
President Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue may be close to revealing who will be named, subject to U.S. Senate confirmation, the next USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety. Two women are...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Confirms David Ross to Lead EPA’s Office of Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt in a press release today praised the U.S. Senate’s action to confirm David Ross to serve as the assistant administrator for...
View ArticleNCC Co-Signs Letter to USDA, OMB Requesting Poultry Inspectors Continue Work...
The National Chicken Council co-signed a letter Friday sent to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney requesting that Food Safety Inspection Service...
View ArticleWhite House Releases Framework on Immigration Reform and Border Security
The White House on Thursday released an immigration proposal addressing issues such as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, border security, chain migration and the visa lottery...
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