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President Donald Trump’s plan for the Environmental Protection Agency includes eliminating the Waters of the U.S. rule.  The Trump administration called WOTUS a burdensome regulation that is “harmful and unnecessary.”   A leaked agency action plan for the administration lists WOTUS, along with Clean Air Act greenhouse gas regulations, the Clean Power Plan and the Total Maximum Daily Load Requireme

With an Agriculture Secretary nominee and a new administration in place, President Trump has sent policy adviser Sam Clovis to lead the transition at the Department of Agriculture.  A team assisting Clovis will hire staff and begin crafting policy while Agriculture Secretary Nominee Sonny Perdue awaits Senate confirmation.  US...

Trans-Pacific Partnership is dead in the water after the Trump administration announced Friday the withdrawal from the trade agreement.  In a formal statement issued over the weekend, the White House said the president has decided to base its foreign policy on an "America first" attitude that involves returning "millions of jobs to America's shores" by backing out of multilater

Business interests, along with agriculture groups, want the new administration to reconsider the Trans-Pacific Partnership.  Trump vowed to drop the trade deal on “day one” once in office.  The Wall Street Journal reports the groups are arguing that the new administration does not have to accept the current agreement negotiated by the Obama administration.   Rather Trump...

By now, agriculture is familiar with his name, but what about the history behind Donald Trump’s nominee for Agriculture Secretary?  After switching parties, the now 70-year old was first elected as Georgia’s governor in 2003 and was the state’s first Republican Governor in nearly a century.  In his two terms as ...

Leadership from national farm organizations will represent agriculture during the inaugural parade for President-elect Donald Trump Friday.   Several agriculture association leaders will drive tractors in the parade, including American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall, American Soybean Association President Ron Moore, U.S. Farmer...

Donald Trump has picked Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to lead the Agriculture Department.  The selection, which is expected to be formally announced on Thursday, ends a months-long drama surrounding the last position in Trump's Cabinet to be named.  ...

Bayer AG has promised President-elect Trump the Bayer-Monsanto merger will bring billions of dollars in research and development spending in the U.S. and make a significant commitment to creating jobs.   Trump’s transition team confirmed a deal was reached between Trump and Bayer despite the agreement still being analyzed by regulatory authorities.  Incoming White Hou...

The incoming Donald Trump administration is expected to fill its final cabinet seat possibly before Inauguration Day, and that means a decision on the USDA.   Interviews continued Tuesday, despite another false report that former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue was to be named Agriculture Secretary.  Perdue ...

President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday announced his nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaving the Agriculture Secretary cabinet position the last to fill for the incoming administration.   Trump announced during a rare news conference Wednesday David Shulkin as his Veteran Affairs Secretary nominee but offered no mention regarding the search for his Agriculture Secretary. The...