AFBF’s Thatcher Says Dairy and Trade are Top Priorities for Secretary Perdue

A Bloomberg BNA article on the work Sonny Perdue has ahead as Agriculture Secretary quoted American Farm Bureau Federation’s Mary Kay Thatcher. “The things that he got the most questions about as he made the rounds to visit with not only Senate ag senators but others were dairy and trade, so I suspect those two things will be pretty high,” Thatcher said.

Bloomberg explained that Perdue is responsible for selecting many appointment positions, in addition to dairy and trade being top priorities for him. Commenting on Agriculture Department appointments, Thatcher said, “I don’t know if that means a deputy secretary, but it definitely means the worker-bee levels. There are people over there that weren’t there two weeks ago that are permanent and not transition.”