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Took office Left office President(s) 1 Isaac Newton: Pennsylvania: July 1, 1862: June 19, 1867: Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) Andrew Johnson (1865–1869) 2 Horace Capron: December 4, 1867: July 31, 1871: Ulysses S. Grant (1969–1877) 3 Frederick Watts: Pennsylvania August 1, 1871: 1877: 4 William Gates LeDuc: Minnesota: July 1, 1877: 1881 ...
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Agriculture by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States.As of February 26, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 10 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have a nominee, 19 appointments have been made to ...
Office Nominee Assumed office Left office Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue [1] April 25, 2017 (Confirmed April 24, 2017, 87–11) [2] January 20, 2021 Deputy Secretary of Agriculture: Stephen Censky: October 10, 2017 (Confirmed October 3, 2017, voice vote) November 8, 2020 General Counsel of Agriculture Stephen Vaden [3] March 17, 2017 ...
On her first day in office, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins convened a panel on bird flu and "reviewed options for a comprehensive strategy to combat it," the department said in a release.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture fired several of its personnel responsible for working to stop the spread of the H5N1 avian flu over the weekend. The agency is now trying to find and rehire ...
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the ...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and the state's U.S. senators, Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, have urged the USDA to ramp up the approval process for animal vaccines in connection with bird flu.