President-Elect Donald Trump is moving quickly through the nomination process, naming members to his new administration. Brooke Rollins, who was a member of Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, will lead USDA. According to Agri-Pulse President Sara Wyant, more top-tier Agriculture Department officials will be named soon. “They’re interviewing a lot of those folks as we speak; they may not all be announced here this week, but I do think that there’ll be a very good bench established before the inauguration.” In addition to a farm bill extension, there is support on Capitol Hill for a farm assistance package. Wyant said the timing is becoming the issue. “There’s not that many days for everybody to get their jobs done so they’ve got to be able to get behind some sort of a package that can pass and can move through Congress in this session and whether that can happen is still a little bit uncertain.” Wyant addressed the North Dakota Farm Credit Council Tuesday in Bismarck. Listen to RRFN’s interview with Wyant.
