AOA Friday 1-17-2025

On Friday's AOA, we start the show with a reaction and thoughts on the 45Z/climate smart agriculture guidance and where we go from here with Chris Bliley, Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Growth Energy. In Segment Two, we get perspective and reaction to USDA's updates to Federal Milk Marketing Orders released on Thursday. Paul Bleiberg, Executive Vice President, Government Relations for the National Milk Producers Federation joins us to discuss.   In Segment Three, we examine the Make America Healthy Again movement and potential impacts to food, nutrition and the agriculture industry as a whole. Brandon Lipps is Principal and Founder for Caprock Strategies and he joins us for that conversation. In Segment Four, we close the show with a recap of EPA nominee Lee Zeldin's confirmation hearing this week and new appointees announced for USDA under the incoming Trump Administration in news headlines.