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Senate confirms Sonny Perdue as ag secretary

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as the secretary of agriculture, April 24, on an 87-11 vote. As head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Perdue will be in charge of a staff of about 100,000 employees....

Texas rice grower, former American Farm Bureau leader honored for service

The American Farm Bureau Federation presented its highest honor—the Distinguished Service Award—to Bob Stallman, a Texas rice and cattle producer. Before spending 16 years as president of AFBF, he was president of the Texas Farm Bureau from 1993 to...

Louisiana governor to headline annual joint state rice meeting

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will be the featured speaker at the Louisiana Rice Council and the Louisiana Rice Growers Association annual joint membership meeting, Feb. 7, in Jennings. The meeting of the state’s two largest grower organizations will be...

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