Ag Groups Ask Trump to fill USDA Trade Role

A group of 29 agricultural and food organizations, including the National Pork Producers Council, last week urged the Donald Trump administration to fill a key trade position within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The groups penned a letter to the president, urging him to fill the position quickly. The organizations asked that an Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs be appointed. The position was established in the 2014 Farm Bill, but the Obama administration never filled the post. “Such a position will bring unified high-level representation to key trade negotiations with senior, foreign officials and within the Executive Branch,” according to the letter.