President-elect Trump has named seven nominees to serve in the cabinet, including secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security (DHS), Justice (DOJ), State (DOS), Defense (DoD), Veterans Affairs (VA), as well as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Congressional Republicans this week held elections to leadership positions for the next Congress. Senate Republicans chose South Dakota Sen. John Thune, currently the Senate Minority Whip, to be the Senate Majority Leader when the party takes over control of the chamber in January. Meanwhile, House Republicans nominated Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to serve another term in the post.
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Changing consumer preferences suggest whole turkeys may be losing their grip as the dominant center-of-plate choice for Thanksgiving dinner, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange. While ample turkey supplies and favorable prices leading into the holiday season indicate turkey will retain its position as the traditional protein of choice this Thanksgiving, consumer trends are making the future less certain. Growing demand for convenience, longer-term pressure on turkey supplies, and increasing competition from other proteins may all impact the longevity of the holiday turkey.
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The incidence of occupational injuries and illnesses within the poultry sector’s slaughter and processing workforce has fallen below all general industry, manufacturing and food manufacturing levels for the first time since the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began recording injuries and illnesses information in 1994. The poultry industry’s rate of 2.6 injuries per 100 full-time workers was below the rate of 4.7 for similar agricultural industries and lower than 3.6 for the entire food manufacturing sector, all of the manufacturing industries at 2.8, and all of the general industry at 2.7.
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