Source: Philip Brasher, AGRI-PULSE, 1/8/17

Farmers and ranchers continue their wait for President-elect Donald Trump's agriculture secretary nominee, while the Senate begins confirmation hearings on his other cabinet picks and the House renews an attack on President Obama's regulatory legacy. USDA and Veterans Affairs remain the lone departments without nominees. Speculation has centered on former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, but the transition team has been silent except to say last Wednesday that interviews were continuing. 

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