Terry J. Cosby Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture appeared this week before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
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Terry J. Cosby Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service U.S. Department of Agriculture appeared this week before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed an important member of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s team at USDA, approving the nomination of Robert Bonnie to be undersecretary for farm production and conservation.
The vote was 76-19, with more than two dozen Republicans backing Bonnie, including farm-state lawmakers such as Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, John Thune and Mike Rounds of South Dakota, and Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, ranking member of the Agriculture Committee.