Trump Agriculture pick Brooke Rollins confirmed by Senate
President Donald Trump secured two more cabinet confirmations on Thursday, including his pick, which leads Brook Rollins' Agriculture Department (USDA). Rollins was briefly confirmed by the Senate shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Trump's Secretary of Health. Most recently, Rollins served as president and CEO of the American First Policy Institute (AFPI) […]
Trump agriculture secretary nominee, Brooke Rollins, clears key Senate hurdle for confirmation
Senate agriculture, nutrition, and forest committee members voted on Monday on Monday for Brook Rollins, a candidate for President Donald Trump. 。 Rollins was passed by the committee by unanimous voting. Rollins, who served as the assistant of the White House in Trump's first administration, and then served as the president and CEO of the […]
Trump's Agriculture Secretary pick Brooke Rollins faces Senators' questions
President Trump’s pick to become the next Agriculture Secretary, Brooke Rollins, appears before the Senate Agriculture … source
Exclusive — Nearly Two Dozen Agriculture Leaders Back Brooke Rollins
Breitbart News first learned that nearly 20 agriculture commissioners support Brooke Rollins for USDA secretary. “There is no mystery why President-elect Donald J. Trump won 433 of the nation's 444 agriculture-dependent counties with an average vote share of 77.7 percent,” the jointly submitted editorial, signed by several agriculture commissioners, said. It is written in part. […]
US agriculture primed to be next frontier in cybersecurity in new year, experts, lawmakers say
Cybersecurity has been a hot topic of discussion in recent years, with a purported Chinese spy balloon hovering overhead, a major oil pipeline in Appalachia hacked with ransomware, and a mystery flying over New Jersey. Questions have arisen regarding drones. But one area of focus that has been overlooked in this regard is agriculture, several […]
How RFK Jr. could actually reform industrial agriculture
At first glance, the incoming Trump administration does not hold much promise for farm system supporters. Take, for example, Brooke Rollins, President Trump's pick for Secretary of Agriculture. Section dedicated to agriculture The web page for the America First Policy Institute, of which Rollins is CEO, says almost nothing about food or agriculture. In fact, […]
Scott skips interview with Congressional Black Caucus amid Agriculture race
Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) skipped a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday as the race for the top Democratic seat on the House Agriculture Committee intensifies. The move irritated some CBC members who are scrutinizing the Democratic seat on the House Agriculture Committee. various candidates. Mr. Scott is currently the ranking member […]
US agriculture officials mandate testing of milk supply for bird flu | Bird flu
The U.S. national milk supply must be tested for the avian influenza virus under a new federal order from the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday. The mandate comes as authorities seek to combat the rapid spread of avian influenza, known as H5N1, among dairy herds. In California, the top dairy producing state, the virus […]
US agriculture industry tests artificial intelligence
In the 1930s, there were approximately 6.8 million farms in the United States. The area averaged about 155 acres. Over the next few decades, the number of farms rapidly declined to about 1.9 million in 2023. Those farms grew to an average of about 464 acres. As agriculture changes over time, experts believe artificial intelligence […]
5 things to know about Trump Agriculture pick Brooke Rollins
President-elect Trump has nominated Brooke Rollins, a former White House aide during his first administration, to serve as USDA secretary for a second term. “Mr. Brooke's commitment to supporting America's farmers, preserving America's food sufficiency, and restoring America's small towns that rely on agriculture is second to none,” President Trump said in a statement. Rollins, […]