Secretary of Agriculture

New President & CEO chosen for U.S. Wheat Associates post-Vince Peterson retirement.

Learn about the $2 billion in liquidity provided by Farmer Mac to lenders serving rural America despite a slight decrease in net interest income.

The USDA projected America’s food and agricultural exports will drop 12% through fiscal year 2026, caused by a global economic slowdown, inflation, higher interest rates, and the strong U.S. dollar.

On his first day in office, President Biden introduced ambitious immigration reform legislation that seeks to legalize millions of undocumented workers.

Georgia Farm Bureau members elected Tom McCall for a two-year term as president of the state’s largest general farm organization.

lsa Murano, a former undersecretary for food safety at USDA and former president of Texas A&M University, will be interviewed by President-elect Trump to become secretary of Agriculture. A Trump spokesman said Murano “comes highly recommended and her track record of running a major university really speaks for itself.”...

With protests continuing to mount against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Obama administration has decided to stop construction of the controversial project. The Corps of Engineers announced Sunday it will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota...

Some of the names being floated as the possible Secretary of Agriculture include Indiana Farmer and recently retired Indiana Farm Bureau president Don Villwock who first learned he might be a candidate from his daughter who read an article on the Politico website...