U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), refocusing its core operations to better align with its founding mission of supporting American farming, ranching, and forestry. Over the last four years, USDA’s workforce grew by 8%, and employees’ salaries increased by 14.5% – including hiring …
Category: Ag News
Jul 24
Growth Energy Congratulates New EPA Air Chief
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuel trade association, issued the following statement on the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Aaron Szabo as Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation: “We congratulate Assistant Administrator Szabo on his confirmation. We look forward to working with him to build on EPA’s momentum in …
Jul 24
Senate Confirms President Trump Appointee Aaron Szabo as Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Aaron Szabo to serve as the Assistant Administrator of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump, Aaron Szabo will work in his new role to advance the agency’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment and EPA Administrator Lee …
Jul 24
Thursday Preopening Market Update with Dave Lanning
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Jul 24
Make Agriculture Great Again Trade Wins: President Trump Secures Greater Ag Market Access to Australia for American Beef
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins issued a statement congratulating President Donald J. Trump on the major trade breakthrough that gives greater access to U.S. beef producers selling to Australia: “American farmers and ranchers produce the safest, healthiest beef in the world. It’s absurd that non-scientific trade barriers prevented our beef from being sold …
Jul 23
MULLIN IT OVER COLUMN: “The One Big, Beautiful Bill is Making the Economy Great Again”
Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) released his latest Mullin It Over column—his third in a series of op-eds breaking down key policy wins from President Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ which was signed into law on July 4th, 2025. The One Big, Beautiful Bill is Making the Economy Great Again By Senator Markwayne Mullin …
Jul 23
U.S. agricultural leader Kip Tom highlights IICA as the organization best equipped to defend the interests of the agriculture sector
Kip Tom, Vice Chair of Rural Policy at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), took part in the Second Meeting of Agricultural Federations of the Americas, held at IICA’s headquarters in Costa Rica. SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ambassador Kip Tom, a global leader in agribusiness and member of a family dedicated to …
Jul 23
NPPC Celebrates Bill to Save Family Farms
U.S. Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA) introduced the Save Our Bacon Act to help save family farms across the country by providing certainty against a dangerous and chaotic web of conflicting farm regulations, including California Proposition 12. National Pork Producers Council President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio, spoke to pork producers’ support of …
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