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Soy Vey: Ex-Bean Exec Joins Trump Admin, Hooks Up Pals

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Stephen Censky pledged not to participate in matters affecting the National Soybean Association. Then he went ahead and advanced policies that benefit his former employer.

Lachlan Markay

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Updated May. 23, 2019 8:22PM ET / Published May. 23, 2019 11:23AM ET 
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Stephen Censky spent more than two decades as the soybean industry’s top man in Washington. Now he’s the No. 2 official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the interests he’s charged with regulating are elated about it.

Internal emails released through a Freedom of Information Act request show that Censky, the deputy secretary of agriculture, has been deeply involved in crafting USDA’s approach to the Renewable Fuel Standard, a federal mandate for the inclusion of biofuels in transportation fuel.

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