National Ag News

As the clock counts down to Christmas – I am sorry to mention that – there’s plenty of heavy-duty issues, including Farm Bill evolution, tax reform/cuts, NAFTA, KORUS, etc., to which ag is paying serious attention.  However, this week there was a relatively lighthearted moment, and who can’t use an occasional lighthearted moment in this town?

The chuckle came midweek when Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Pat Roberts (R, KS) pulled together his committee just off the Senate floor for a quick business scrum, the point of which was to formally approve the nominations of Nebraska Director of Agriculture Greg Ibach to be USDA under secretary for marketing and regulatory programs, and long-time Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey to be under secretary for…well, under secretary for what is kind of up in the air right now.

Continue reading What’s in a name…or title? at Brownfield Ag News.