Pressure is mounting for the U.S. Trade Representative s office and the White House to name a new Ag Negotiator, a position that s been unfilled now for 14 months.
California sunflower growers are concerned over impacts from the Russian invasion of Ukraine on industry, and Elaine Trevino dropped as nominee for USTR Ag Negotiator.
Growers in California are beginning plantings of sunflowers this month amid major uncertainty over the impacts the Russian invasion of Ukraine will have on markets for seeds and sunflower oil.