A record crowd of more than 11,0000 people descended on Houston last week for the annual Commodity Classic show. Many attendees at the Texas-sized event expected Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to announce new sustainable aviation fuel guidelines during his Friday keynote address. Instead, the Secretary and EPA administrator Michael Regan used the occasion to announce a new effort to address environmental and agricultural concerns.
The EPA is establishing a new Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs intended to better coordinate environmental stewardships initiatives with efforts to…