rural development

President Biden’s nominee for Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack, says he’d arrive at the USDA with a “serious focus on getting stuff done quickly,”

**USDA requirements for exporting U.S. beef to China are out, opening a key market that’s been closed for more than 13 years. The U.S. Meat Export Federation’s Thad Lively says the requirements for China still go beyond those imposed by most international destinations, and will include testing for residues from synthetic hormones and beta agonists...

OLYMPIA  (AP) — The state Senate has approved a bill that takes aim at a recent state Supreme Court decision involving water rights and the use of domestic wells. Senate Bill 5239 would allow so-called permit-exempt wells to be used for development...