Source: Philip Brasher, AGRI-PULSE, 11/21/16

Joel Leftwich, Republican staff director for the Senate Agriculture Committee,will lead President-elect Donald Trump's transition effort at the Agriculture Department.  Separately Monday, Trump released a video in which he pledged to file a formal notice of intent to withdraw from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, “a potential disaster for our country.”

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