Two new candidates were expected to be interviewed this week for the Secretary of Agriculture position.
A DTN report says Abel Maldonado, Jr., a former California Lieutenant Governor, is seeking the post.
The other newest candidate is Elsa Murano, a former undersecretary for food safety at the USDA as well as President of Texas A & M University.
Ag Secretary is one of the two cabinet nominations the President-elect hasn’t yet made, the other being Veterans Affair Secretary.
Maldonado grew up on a strawberry farm near Santa Maria, California.
He helped expand the farm from half-acre to 6,000 acres, employing around 250 people.
A prominent member of the Trump Ag Advisory Council says Murano “is strongly opposed by most the Trump transition team.”
