…front-runner for the post. While the media circuit to start the week named former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as the leading candidate, by Tuesday, reports suggested a former lieutenant governor…
Snowpack’s Statewide Water Content Below Average
…and fall. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. declared a drought State of Emergency on January 17, 2014 and directed State officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for water…
Still Searching for an Ag Secretary
Two new candidates are expected to interview this week for the Ag Secretary position. A DTN report says Abel Maldonado, Jr., a former California Lieutenant Governor, is set to interview…
Idaho Governor May Be Next Ag Secretary
Otter A report on the Magic Valley Dot Com website says Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter is being looked at by the Trump Administration as a possible Secretary of Agriculture….
Western Governors Vow Climate Change Fight
Three governors representing western U.S. states have vowed to move forward with efforts to fight climate change regardless of how the incoming Donald Trump administration treats the issue. The governors…
The Western View: As the Pendulum Swings
…pendulum as it heads to the right. Then there’s Governor Brown’s new effort to reduce gas emissions from cattle. These new rules have stirred up discussion around the country, as…
Heitkamp Topping Trump Ag Secretary List
…considered to be a potential Energy Secretary, though former Texas Governor Rick Perry is the likely front-runner for that post. Heitkamp is viewed as a vocal advocate for farmers and…
Ross Updates Almond Industry on Focus
…major influences. Ross said fiscal stability has been the first priority for Governor Brown and will remain so moving into 2017. “The governor is very transparent, and his priorities have…
Agricultural Relationship Key to China Ambassador Nominee
Branstad Iowa Republican Governor Terry Branstad has accepted an offer by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as Trump’s ambassador to China. Branstad was chosen for his longstanding relationship with China…
CA State Plan: Make Water Conservation A Way of Life
…top priority in the Governor’s Water Action Plan – to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life.” This plan builds on the success of mandatory water restrictions during California’s severe…
Next Ag Secretary Likely to have Indiana Ties
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, he is likely to have an Agriculture Secretary with ties to Indiana. Indiana Governor Mike Pence, who will serve as Trump’s Vice…
More Than 100 Million Dead Trees in California
…die-off. As a result, in October 2015 California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on the unprecedented tree die-off and formed a Tree Mortality Task Force to help…
Vilsack as Chief of Staff for Clinton Possible
…secretary Karen Ross, former Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln, former USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and former Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear. The Clinton Transition team told the…
CA’s Ross Possible Clinton Ag Secretary
…described the person as “more surprising.” Beshears is a former Democratic governor of Kentucky. Ross is a former chief of staff for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and is the current…