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Breaking off from a tour of dairy operations on a farm in upstate New York, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tramps across a muddy path to take a sample of sweet corn from an adjacent field. With a wide smile, he shucks the ear and takes a bite, then passes it around to others in the crowd before getting back to his mission: selling farmers on the merits of President Donald Trump's trade war.
Agriculture ministers are not used to working in the hot glare of media attention, but that was before President Trump and his fellow world leaders put farmers and food at the center of the fight over the future of the world trading system. Mr. Trump last week pledged $12 billion in aid to tariff-hit U.S. farmers while declaring he had "just opened up Europe" for products.
From left, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry appear before a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing on infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
Perdue is defending a proposal that would cut food stamp benefits in half and replace them with a pre-ass... WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday defended a proposal that would replace a portion of food stamp benefits with pre-assembled boxes of shelf-stable goods delivered to recipients' doorsteps - an idea one lawmaker called "a cruel joke." The idea was first floated last week in the Trump administration's 2019 budget proposal, tucked inside a larger plan to slash the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by roughly $213 billion - or 30 percent- over the next 10 years.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue attends a Farmer's Roundtable where President Donald Trump signed the Executive Order Promoting Agriculture and Rural Prosperity in America on April 25, 2017, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Twenty-five Republican senators wrote to President Donald Trump on Feb. 21, encouraging him to "work aggressively" to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership . "We write in support of your recent comments expressing interest in reengaging with the Trans-Pacific Partnership to bring about a stronger agreement for the United States," they wrote.
The Agriculture Secretary was announced as this year's designated survivor, meaning that he was tapped to skip the State of the Union address and be secured at an undisclosed location instead, according to the White House pool report. The designated survivor is typically a Cabinet-level official who is chosen to skip certain high-profile events - generally limited to State of the Union addresses and inaugurations - so that he or she may assume power if a disaster were to occur while the majority of the government is gathered at the event.
After serving Douglas County for 17 years as a prosecutor, District Attorney Brian Fortner announced Tuesday he's decided to run for state court judge next year. Fortner told the Sentinel he will run for the seat that has been held by State Court Judge W. O'Neal Dettmering Jr. since 2001.
Back in 2001 and 2002, there was no Democrat more hated by Georgia Republicans than Roy Barnes, who was then the state's governor. Barnes was an activist governor who, among other things, signed legislation de-emphasizing the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.
"I am proud of the work that's being done," Duke told a press conference in San Juan this afternoon upon arriving in the U.S. territory. "Clearly, the situation here in Puerto Rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory."
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday that Anne Hazlett will lead the USDA's rural development agencies. Hazlett has worked on agriculture and rural issues for more than 15 years and served as an adviser to former Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
"Although the farm bill is important, trade is even more important right now. The price of wheat, the price of cattle, the price of sorghum, the price of corn - that is what farmers are most concerned about."
The heads of the two largest public land agencies in the U.S. signed a memorandum Friday emphasizing cooperation among federal, state, tribal and local agencies in battling wildfires as the main part of the wildfire season arrives. Secretaries Ryan Zinke of the Interior Department and Sonny Perdue of the Agriculture Department signed the document following a briefing at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.
Republican Gov. Eric Greitens will be visiting the U.S. Capitol this weekend to talk policy with federal officials, including President Donald Trump. A text Friday from Greitens' spokesman Parker Briden said the governor will meet with federal officials, including the president and Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, to talk about Missouri's policy priorities.
Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue is likely to field questions this week on his approach to poverty-assistance programs as a Senate committee considers his nomination to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
President Donald Trump's nominee for agriculture secretary, former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue , has already won the support of one farm-state Democrat. If confirmed, Perdue would be the first agriculture secretary from the South in more than two decades, and farm politics in Congress often fall along regional lines.
As governor of Georgia, Perdue's main agricultural concerns included water management and changing the tax code, making it more beneficial to farmers. Sonny Perdue tapped for agriculture secretary As governor of Georgia, Perdue's main agricultural concerns included water management and changing the tax code, making it more beneficial to farmers.
Donald Trump wrapped up his initial Cabinet nominations Thursday, tapping former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue to be secretary of Agriculture. Trump: Sonny Perdue will be 'great' Agriculture secretary Donald Trump wrapped up his initial Cabinet nominations Thursday, tapping former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue to be secretary of Agriculture.
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Sonny Perdue III, the former governor of Georgia, as his choice for the next U.S. secretary of agriculture. "From growing up on a farm to being governor of a big agriculture state, he has spent his whole life understanding and solving the challenges our farmers face, and he is going to deliver big results for all Americans who earn their living off the land," Trump said in a statement.
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Sonny Perdue III, the former governor of Georgia, is president-elect Donald Trump's leading candidate to be his U.S. secretary of agriculture, according to a person familiar with the matter. Perdue, 70, would succeed secretary Tom Vilsack.