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CFTC Staffing Push Intensifies

Published May 18, 2026

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson and Ranking Member Angie Craig are urging President Donald Trump to quickly appoint a full bipartisan panel of commissioners to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In a joint statement, the House Agriculture Committee leaders…
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CFTC Ag Advisory Panel Appointed

Published April 12, 2026

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has relaunched its agricultural advisory committee. Thirty-seven individuals were appointed, including USDA Chief Economist Dr. Justin Benavidez, National Pork Producers Council CEO Bryan Humphreys, U.S. Cattlemen’s Association President Justin Tupper, and Huron, South Dakota farmer…
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Callahan, Brashears, Selig Confirmed

Published December 19, 2025

Before packing up and leaving DC for the holidays, the Senate confirmed nominees for key roles at USDA and the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office. Julie Callahan now moves into the role of chief agriculture negotiator in the trade office. Callahan…
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CFTC Takes Next Step for Carbon Credit Trading

Published December 5, 2023

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved its proposed guidance for the trading of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts. This action tells the markets what they need to consider when listing a carbon credit contract. This wraps up two years…
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SEC Chair Confirmed

Published April 18, 2021

The Senate has confirmed Gary Gensler as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. During the Obama Administration, Gensler chaired the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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CFTC Fines Iowa Trader

Published September 17, 2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has fined an Iowa commodity trader $1.25 million for making unauthorized trades, causing customers to lose millions of dollars. Nathan Harris, who was a trader with Kooima & Kaemingk in Sioux Center, Iowa, made the…
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ND Farmer Joins CFTC Advisory Committee

Published April 15, 2019

Buffalo, North Dakota farmer Randy Melvin has been named a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Agricultural Advisory Committee. Melvin is president of the North Dakota Corn Growers Association and chairs the National Corn Growers Association Risk Management Action…
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