

Corn Comments with DaNita Murray: Senate Confirmation Process 2025
Welcome to Corn Comments! I'm DaNita Murray, Executive Director of South Dakota Corn. We are brought to you by the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council, a volunteer group of farmers who promote corn marketing in this state, the U.S., and around the globe.
This month, the Senate confirmation process of Secretaries at USDA and HHS and the Administrator of EPA begins. All of these positions will impact farmers here in South Dakota, through policies on biotechnology or pesticides, or initiatives such as “Make America Healthy Again”, as just a few examples.
Farmers and ranchers are the backbone of the U.S. food supply. They live in rural communities and are uniquely represented by the Department of Agriculture in a very non-rural place—Washington, D.C. and amongst agencies that have very little understanding of farmers and ranchers or rural America. A strong USDA will help corn farmers in South Dakota continue to serve our customers both here and abroad.