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Council of Producers & Distributors of Agrotechnology
Terry Kippley, CPDA
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CPDA Attends the Bipartisan Inaugural Ball
CPDA leadership had a memorable week in Washington DC for the 2025 Presidential Inauguration. They were thrilled to participate in the Bipartisan Inaugural Ball Celebrating American Agriculture, where they enjoyed an evening with industry friends, Congressional allies and incoming Trump Administration leaders.
Highlights from the evening included remarks from Ranking Member Angie Craig, President Trump's USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins and especially Chairman Thompson's message of unity and collaboration to Make Agriculture Great Again. It was a great opportunity for CPDA to network and build relationships with key stakeholders in the agricultural industry. Overall, it was a successful and inspiring experience for CPDA leadership.
| CPDA President & CEO Terry Kippley & Guest, CPDA Vice Chairman Patrick Ewan and wife Medley, CPDA Board Chairman Terry Abbott and wife Cathi, CPDA ESA Committee Chair Eileen Bernard and husband Luke, and former CPDA Board Member and current Kincannon & Reed Managing Director Aaron Locker and wife Kathy. | House Ag Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig speaks to the crowd at the Bipartisan Inaugural Ball.
Source: Agri-Pulse. | |
Terry Abbott, Adjuvants Unlimited and CPDA Chairman; Congressman "GT” Thompson, Chairman of House Ag Committee; Patrick Ewan, Helena Agri-Enterprises and CPDA Vice Chairman. | |
Eileen Bernard, Nutrien and CPDA ESA Mitigation Chair; Congressman "GT” Thompson, Chairman of House Ag Committee; Terry Kippley, CPDA President. | |
CPDA helped sponsor the Bipartisan Inaugural Ball. | |
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CPDA 2025 Washington DC Fly-In Update
Senator John Boozman, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee has confirmed that he will address the CPDA Fly-In attendees on Tuesday, February 25 during our evening dinner. Given this unique opportunity during a Farm Bill year, make plans today to attend.
The 2025 CPDA Fly-In will be held on February 24-26 and hosted jointly with the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA). The Fly-In is the focal point of CPDA’s federal advocacy efforts in 2025 where we will meet with Congressional leaders, members of the Trump Administration and agricultural allies. This is an important meeting for all CPDA member companies.
We will also hear from Zippy Duvall, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation during our Monday evening dinner, where he will discuss the outlook for the farm economy, regulatory issues and trade.
REGISTER HERE. We also secured a great rate of $199 a night at the Westin Arlington.
Note: Your hotel stay must be booked separately from your fly-in registration.
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Senator John Boozman (R-AR) | |
Zippy Duvall, President, American Farm Bureau Federation | |
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CPDA Attends Confirmation Hearing for Lee Zeldin
President Trump has nominated former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin to be the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) held a confirmation hearing for Zeldin, which was attended by Andrew Walmsley, CPDA’s Vice President of Government Relations.
During the hearing, Senator John Boozman, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and member of the Senate EPW committee, stressed the importance of having a predictable, risk and science based regulatory system that ensures farmers have access to important crop protection tools.
You can watch that exchange here.
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Senator John Boozman, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee | |
Former New York Congressman Lee Zeldin | |
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Trump Announces USDA Under Secretary Nominations
President Trump announced the selection of three Under Secretary positions within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Under Secretaries report directly to the Secretary of Agriculture and are charged with administering USDA programs and offices.
All three nominees (listed below) must be confirmed by the full Senate following hearings and an affirmative vote by the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee.
Richard Fordyce to serve as the Under Secretary for Farm Production & Conservation;
Dudley Hoskins to serve as the Under Secretary for Marketing & Regulatory Programs; and
Luke J. Lindberg to serve as the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs.
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Dudley Hoskins, USDA Under Secretary Nominee; Andrew Walmsley, CPDA; Jeremy Witte, Senate Agriculture Committee Professional Staff; Coleman Garrison, Senate Agriculture Committee Professional Staff; Jay Vroom, CPDA, and Terry Kippley, CPDA. | |
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CPDA Co-Signs Letter Supporting the Nomination of Brooke Rollins
Last Wednesday, CPDA joined more than 420 agricultural organization in signing a letter to Chairman Boozman (R-AR) and Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) of the Senate Agriculture Committee. The letter expressed strong support for Brooke Rollins as USDA Secretary ahead of her confirmation hearing, scheduled for January 23.
CPDA looks forward to working with the new Trump Administration on a number of issues in front of USDA, including the inclusion of spray adjuvants as part of the Natural Resources Conservation Service environmental programs.
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EPA’s “MyPest” App
CPDA along with many of our member companies participated in a rollout webinar on Thursday, January 16th, where EPA unveiled its new MyPest App. This new program will allow registrants to track the status of their pesticide registration submissions. CPDA has long advocated for greater transparency regarding submission completion dates to better facilitate registrant planning. The new system is designed to provide that transparency by allowing registrants to see the status of their pending actions in real time. EPA hopes that by next month, the system will be updated to include projected completion dates for most actions. Additional system functionality is planned for March.
To register for the new program, registrants need to log-in and set up a company administrator by going to: https://oppt.my.site.com/mypestapp/s/. EPA recommends setting up more than one company administrator.
Special thanks to CPDA representatives Jayne Walz of Helena and Jeremy Malone of Spring Regulatory for serving on the Industry Work Group that helped develop this new program.
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Endangered Species Act Webinar
CPDA is partnering with the Agricultural Retailers Association, CropLife America, the American Society of Agronomists, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America on a series of educational webinars on EPA’s ESA strategies for herbicide and insecticide use.
More and more pesticide labels will contain language requiring applicators to follow a myriad and sometimes confusing set of label directions to protect threatened and endangered species. These new requirements represent the greatest change in how pesticides are used and applied since the enactment of the modern Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act in 1972. CPDA’s collaboration with our industry partners is designed to help growers and crop advisors to navigate these significant changes and to highlight the role of Drift Reduction Adjuvants as a grower’s “Easy Button” to reduce or eliminate risks to listed species.
The first webinar will discuss EPA’s ESA strategies for herbicide and insecticide use so attendees will have a clear understanding of the new guidelines while learning actionable steps to ensure compliance.
CPDA members can register for free by using the discount code: ARA_PROMO_EPAWEB
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CPDA/ARA Adjuvant Advantage Webinar Series | |
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Tuesday, February 11th
Storage & Handling Pesticides
Geared to applicator personnel. How to deal with compatibility, mixing, cold water, pumps, hoses, etc. Sponsored by Brandt.
Certified Crop Advisers attending the webinar will earn one Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program, IPM CEU.
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