U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue will travel to Cincinnati, Ohio today to make a USDA reorganization announcement at Consolidated Grain and Barge. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Farmers Know the Benefits of Trade, Secretary Perdue laid out his plans for the reorganization saying, “We’re creating a new undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, whose focus will be on promoting U.S. food, fiber and fuel around the world. This realignment will help me, as agriculture secretary, to be an unapologetic advocate for American products. My message for farmers is simple: ‘You grow it and we’ll sell it.’”
The North American Meat Institute issued a state praising the move, adding that it has championed the creation of such a role for several years.