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GFB signs onto letter supporting Rollins as Ag Secretary

Posted on Jan 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM


Georgia Farm Bureau is one of more than 400 organizations to sign a letter in support of Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture.

The groups wrote the letter on Jan.15 to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-Arkansas) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota). The co-signed grups included farmers, ranchers, growers, hunters, forest owners, conservations, cooperatives, state departments of agriculture, renewable fuel producers and agribusinesses.

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), the Georgia Agribusiness Council, Georgia Milk Producers Inc. and the Georgia/Florida Soybean Association signed onto the letter, as well.

In voicing support for Rollins, the groups noted her life-long involvement in agriculture, including baling hay and raising livestock in Texas and spending summers working on her family’s farm in Minnesota and participating in all levels of 4-H and FFA. She earned her bachelor’s degree in agriculture development from Texas A&M.

Rollins served as deputy general counsel and policy director for former Texas Governor Rick Perry, where together they advanced many agricultural priorities. She championed rural priorities across the federal government as Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council during Trump’s first term.

The groups asked the Senate Ag Committee and the entire Senate to promptly confirm Rollins as the next Secretary of Agriculture.


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