Sonny Perdue NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Sonny Perdue Wed, 28 Apr 2021 13:52:16 +0000 https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Frank Morris A couple of federal agencies you probably haven’t heard of keep track of what farmers grow, what Americans eat and how the country’s entire food system operates. And the Trump Administration wants them out of Washington, D.C. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/usda-s-plan-move-vital-research-agencies-could-jeopardize-key-ag-food-datasets 719 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Sun, 19 May 2019 15:43:58 +0000 USDA’s Plan To Move Vital Research Agencies Could Jeopardize Key Ag, Food Datasets The Kansas City metro area is among three sites still in the hunt to become the next location for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's research arms. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/usda-narrows-down-relocation-sites-research-agencies-kansas-city-indiana-top-3 709 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Fri, 03 May 2019 20:47:01 +0000 USDA Narrows Down Relocation Sites For Research Agencies; Kansas City, Indiana In Top 3 Brakkton Booker Updated at 6:15 p.m. EST Flanked by Democratic and Republican lawmakers, President Trump Thursday signed into the law the 2018 farm bill touting it as a "bipartisan success," even though it lacked the administration's much-sought-after changes to the food stamp program. "We're here to celebrate a really tremendous victory for the American farmer," Trump said at the signing ceremony. "We've been working long and hard on this one." The behemoth package is expected to cost $867 billion over 10 years and extends subsidies to farmers, sets conservation practices and helps millions of Americans pay for groceries. And getting to this moment was far from easy. For months, partisan bickering over whether to impose tougher work requirements to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP or food stamps, raised fears a farm bill may not make it to the president's desk by the end of the year. While the House GOP-backed plan for stricter work rules was left out of the https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/sidestepping-congress-trump-administration-proposes-more-work-rules-food-stamps 642 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:23:48 +0000 Trump Signs Farm Bill, Backs Rule Sidestepping Congress On More Work For Food Stamps Madelyn Beck The details of the federal government’s $12 billion aid package for farmers affected by trade disputes are out — and soybean farmers are the major beneficiaries. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/soybean-farmers-win-big-12-billion-federal-aid-package 581 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:11:20 +0000 Soybean Farmers Win Big In $12 Billion Federal Aid Package Brian Naylor The Trump administration is coming to the aid of farmers hurt by its own hard-line trade policies, announcing Tuesday that it will make an estimated $12 billion in government assistance available, including direct payments to growers. The money comes after farmers, especially soybean growers, have felt the brunt of retaliatory tariffs placed on agriculture by China and other nations that the Trump administration has penalized with tariffs on imports. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and other USDA officials say the aid will be available in three forms; direct payments; government purchases for distribution to food banks; and development of new export markets. Jacquelyn Martin / AP Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the aid in a call to reporters, saying the programs "are a firm statement that other nations cannot bully our agricultural producers to force the United States to cave in." China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico have all been hit by U.S. levies on imports https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/trump-administration-provide-farmers-12-billion-offset-tariffs 557 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Tue, 24 Jul 2018 20:41:28 +0000 Trump Administration Plans $12 Billion In Farm Aid To Offset Tariffs Stephen Koranda Two of the nation’s most influential players in agriculture policy, at a meeting in the heart of the country’s Grain Belt on Wednesday, tried to ease worries about the pending farm bill and a budding trade war with China. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/ag-secretary-kansas-us-senators-say-trade-war-can-be-avoided-and-farm-bill-can-pass 519 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 31 May 2018 00:34:51 +0000 Ag Secretary, Kansas' U.S. Senators Say Trade War Can Be Avoided And Farm Bill Can Pass Esther Honig The farm bill traditionally is a bipartisan effort, but House Republicans’ proposed changes to the main federal food-aid program in this year’s version have struck a nerve. To move it through efficiently, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says he’ll appeal to President Donald Trump. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/ag-secretary-confident-trump-will-help-push-farm-bill-across-finish-line 504 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Mon, 30 Apr 2018 16:25:00 +0000 Ag Secretary Confident Trump Will Help Push Farm Bill Across Finish Line Madelyn Beck Meant to fund the federal government through early September, the $1.3 trillion bill signed by President Donald Trump last week also includes money and changes for ag-related programs beyond the “ grain-glitch ” fix. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/feds-give-ag-research-school-lunch-programs-more-money-end-air-pollution-reporting-requirements 478 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:59:14 +0000 Feds Give Ag Research, School Lunch Programs More Money; End Air Pollution-Reporting Requirements Amy Mayer As President Donald Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made the rounds this week to reiterate their commitment to rural communities and farmers and ranchers , the federal agency that President Abraham Lincoln established still lacks top appointments. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/nearly-year-trump-presidency-several-usda-leadership-posts-unfilled 428 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Tue, 09 Jan 2018 22:22:17 +0000 Nearly A Year Into Trump Presidency, Several USDA Leadership Posts Unfilled Grant Gerlock Shoring up rural America’s economy must start with broadband access and technology, a federal task force says in a report released Monday. The group, chaired by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and made up of other Cabinet members, says doing so will bring rural areas increased health care access, better job training, smart electrical grids and more precision farming technology. Little of that can be accomplished, the report says, without closing the broadband gap between urban and rural residents. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/federal-task-force-makes-broadband-priority-helping-rural-economic-revival 427 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Mon, 08 Jan 2018 23:19:39 +0000 Federal Task Force Makes Broadband A Priority In Helping Rural Economic Revival Grant Gerlock The U.S. Department of Agriculture faces a lawsuit that argues the federal agency must bring back a proposed rule that defined abusive practices by meatpacking companies. Farmers from Alabama and Nebraska and the Organization for Competitive Markets, a nonprofit that works on competition issues in agriculture, filed the suit Thursday in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/lawsuit-attempts-force-usda-reinstate-livestock-fairness-rule 417 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 14 Dec 2017 18:54:00 +0000 Lawsuit Attempts To Force USDA To Reinstate Livestock Fairness Rule Grant Gerlock The delivery of federal food benefits for millions of low-income people is likely to change after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it’ll allow states more flexibility in how they dole out the money. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said in a news release that his agency wants states to try out programs that don’t increase the cost of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) but instead promote job training and reduce waste and fraud. The news release said specifics will be provided in “the coming weeks.” https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/usda-eyeing-changes-federal-food-benefit-program-would-give-states-more-control 410 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Wed, 06 Dec 2017 21:56:04 +0000 USDA Eyeing Changes To Federal Food Benefit Program That Would Give States More Control Grant Gerlock An event Monday planned to mark two Midwestern political appointees joining the U.S. Department of Agriculture was partly spoiled by a political dispute over biofuels. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/usda-secretary-perdue-frustrated-stalled-appointments 396 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:59:29 +0000 USDA Secretary Perdue Frustrated By Stalled Appointments Luke Runyon Farms and ranches throughout the country won’t see their labor shortages solved by a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In a call with reporters while visiting Mexico ahead of the trade talks, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said labor issues likely wouldn’t be addressed during formal negotiations among the United States, Mexico and Canada, set to begin August 16th. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/perdue-farm-labor-fix-not-likely-surface-nafta-talks 345 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:46:12 +0000 Perdue: Farm Labor Fix Not Likely To Surface In NAFTA Talks Jeremy Bernfeld Advocates for rural issues are up in arms after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced a plan that changes the position of a lieutenant that had been focused on rural issues in order to create one focused on trade. USDA is limited in its number of undersecretaries. Creating a position focused on trade, which the agriculture industry maintains is vital to its economic growth, may force Perdue to scrap a current mission area. Perdue’s plan, which he announced Thursday in Cincinnati, would eliminate rural development as a designated “mission area,” led by an associated undersecretary. Instead, the plan would create an undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs. The sub-agencies that had been managed by the undersecretary for rural development, such as the Rural Housing Service, would instead report to an assistant to the secretary of agriculture. While Perdue touted the change as an “elevation” of the departments focused on rural issues, rural advocates worry the https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/plan-shakeup-usda-worries-rural-advocates 311 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 11 May 2017 21:54:08 +0000 Plan To Shakeup USDA Worries Rural Advocates Peggy Lowe Sonny Perdue, the former governor of Georgia, was sworn in as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture at the end of April. Harvest Public Media’s Peggy Lowe sat down with Perdue on his fourth day on the job at the American Royal complex in Kansas City, Missouri. She asked him about the Trump Administration’s priorities for our food system, government nutrition programs, immigration policy and the future of the Agriculture Department. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/we-spoke-new-ag-secretary-sonny-perdue-heres-what-he-said-climate-change-and-immigration 305 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Thu, 04 May 2017 16:13:56 +0000 We Spoke With New Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue. Here's What He Said On Climate Change And Immigration Peggy Lowe U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday said President Trump may be open to creating a way for some undocumented immigrant workers to stay in the U.S. and Perdue is already working on a “blueprint” of policy guidelines to offer the president. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/ag-secretary-says-trump-open-allowing-immigrant-farm-workers-stay-us 303 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:13:07 +0000 Ag Secretary Says Trump Open to Allowing Immigrant Farm Workers To Stay In U.S. https://youtu.be/gDJED_NecsY Three months into his term, President Donald Trump now has in place his Secretary of Agriculture , Sonny Perdue. Here’s what you need to know: Perdue served two terms as governor of Georgia Prior to serving as governor of Georgia from 2003-2011 as a Republican, Perdue was elected to represent his Middle Georgia district in the state Senate as a Democrat. He switched to the GOP in 1998. While in office, Perdue was dogged by ethics complaints The complaints generally stem from Perdue’s involvement with family business ventures during his time as governor, as the New York Times reported . Perdue grew up on a farm and has worked in agribusiness Perdue earned a doctorate in veterinary medicine and has had a long career operating family agribusiness and transportation companies. His cousin, Georgia Sen. David Perdue, is a member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee and supported Trump on the campaign trail. This is not, however, the same family as runs Perdue https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/watch-who-new-agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue 299 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Mon, 24 Apr 2017 22:06:48 +0000 Watch: Who Is New Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue? Amy Mayer The nation has a new agriculture secretary. The U.S. Senate on Monday voted to confirm former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue to lead the Department of Agriculture. He takes over a department that was without a top boss for three months after former secretary Tom Vilsack resigned. Vilsack served the entire eight years of the Obama administration ( one of the longest-serving agriculture secretaries in recent decades). https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/months-after-nomination-sonny-perdue-confirmed-ag-secretary 298 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Mon, 24 Apr 2017 21:55:22 +0000 Months After Nomination, Sonny Perdue Confirmed As Ag Secretary Amy Mayer Three months after his nomination, Sonny Perdue faces a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate Monday for the post of secretary of agriculture. If confirmed, Perdue will find a desk at USDA piled high with priorities and will be one of the last members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to be seated. https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org/post/eager-plant-corn-belt-farmers-also-waiting-confirmation-new-ag-secretary 296 as https://www.harvestpublicmedia.org Sun, 23 Apr 2017 09:27:00 +0000 Eager To Plant, Corn Belt Farmers Also Waiting On Confirmation of New Ag Secretary