Wyoming Republicans push to restore mineral funds
7 days ago
Also Tuesday, the Western Governors' Association wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack opposing federal cuts to the mineral royalty program and to another federal program that supports rural...
Ag secretary: NM horse slaughter plant should open
22 days ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the southern New Mexico plant that has been fighting for more than a year for permission to slaughter horses will open soon, unless Congress reinstates a ban...
Agriculture's Vilsack defends cuts to meat and poultry inspections as part of...
75 days ago
Agriculture's Vilsack defends cuts to meat and poultry inspections as part of sequester
Military leaders welcome House GOP budget bill
78 days ago
Vilsack told a House Agriculture Committee hearing that each meat inspector will likely be furloughed 11 or 12 days, instead of 15 days as the Obama administration earlier claimed.
Meat inspector furloughs several months away
78 days ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has acknowledged that it will be "several months" before meat inspectors are furloughed as part of across-the-board spending cuts that took effect March 1.
USDA to begin 4-week general CRP signup May 20
95 days ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack plans to make the formal announcement Saturday at the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic in Minneapolis.
Budget cuts could hinder food safety checks
99 days ago
J. Patrick Boyle, president of the American Meat Institute, said in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that the furloughs could be illegal because the government is required by law to...
Proposed agreement squashes US, Mexico tomato war
108 days ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says it allow the U.S. tomato industry "to compete on a level playing field.
Vilsack to stay on as agriculture secretary
128 days ago
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will keep his job in President Obama's second term.
Ag secretary sees common ground on gun control
143 days ago
Vilsack says the debate has to start with respect for the Second Amendment right to bear arms and a recognition that hunting is a way of life for millions of Americans.