1-5 NWR Ag Sec. carousel

1-5 NWR Ag Sec. carousel

David Sparks Ph.D.
David Sparks Ph.D.
This is your Northwest report for Thursday, January 5 I'm David Sparks and the carousel called the new Sec. of Agriculture keeps on turning. Here is agri-pulse.com's Jeff Dalley with news that reverses what we reported yesterday. "The Agriculture seat in Donald Trump's cabinet will be one of the last top positions filled, but the vacancy isn't expected to last much longer. It seemed last week that Trump would choose a Texan for the position – he interviewed former Rep. Henry Bonilla, Elsa Murano, a former USDA under secretary for food safety and Susan Combs, a former Texas agriculture commissioner.

 

But on Monday a source close to the Trump transition team confirmed for Agri-Pulse that former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, 70,  who interviewed with Trump on Nov. 30, will likely get the job. Up until Monday, Murano and Bonilla appeared to be the front runners for the position, but Perdue, a former veterinarian, ag business owner and member of Trump's Agricultural Advisory Team, seemed to be the only one on the glide path toward the nomination.The new nominee is expected to be announced officially this week.

Elsewhere, for you landowners in the Northwest who have complained strongly regarding government and EPA overreach, apparently one of the top priorities forScott Pruitt, the man expected to head the Environmental Protection Agency in the new administration will include getting rid of the "waters of the U.S." rule which we most often referred to as WOTUS.

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