…New Coverage Lowers Risk for Producers and Strengthens Farm Safety Net Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new step to support farmers transitioning to certified organic production, by expanding…
Green Industry Advances Are Focus of March 9 Conference; Awards Ceremony
…Practice; Tom Bowman; UC Santa Barbara Environmental Affairs Board; and William McDonough. IGIHOF was founded in 2008 and has recognized more than 300 people and organizations for excellence, innovation and…
Commodity Classic “Jazzed” to Welcome Agriculture Secretary
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will make his seventh visit to Commodity Classic, the nation’s largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show. Secretary Vilsack will deliver a keynote address…
USDA Expands Insurance Options for Farmers Transitioning to Certified Organic Agriculture
New Coverage Lowers Risk for Producers and Strengthens Farm Safety Net Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new step to support farmers transitioning to certified organic production, by expanding…
Ethanol Committee Visits California’s Low Carbon Economy
…recognize the true benefits of corn ethanol under California’s LCFS Program.” The committee also met with Tom Koehler of Pacific Ethanol and Rob Elam, CEO of Propel Fuels, to discuss…
USDA Announces $58.25 Million to Protect Ag and Plants from Pests and Diseases
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has allocated $58.25 million from Section 10007 of the 2014 Farm Bill….
Citrus Greening Grants Awarded
…threatens production all across the United States,” said Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The research and extension projects funded today bring us one step closer to providing growers real tools to fight…
Ag. Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Comm. Roger Goodell and Partners Commitment to Youth
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and America’s dairy farmers will announce a significant commitment to child health and wellness through funding to support school nutrition in order…
$35 Million to Help Schools Serve Healthier Meals, Strengthen Childhood Nutrition
Amid pre-Super Bowl 50 celebrations today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and Paul Rovey, dairy farmer and leader of the National Dairy Council (NDC), announced the availability…
Grants for Food Safety and Plant Health Improvements
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of $30.1 million in competitive grants to fund 80 research projects to improve food safety, reduce antibiotic resistance in food, and increase…
USDA to Invest $150 Million through Conservation Stewardship Program
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $150 million in funding is available for agricultural producers through the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), USDA’s largest conservation program, by acres impacted, that…
National Cotton Council Statement on Cottonseed Designation
The National Cotton Council is extremely disappointed in Agriculture Secretary Vilsack’s comments today that USDA believes its legal interpretation of the farm bill does not provide the authority to make…
Agri View: Agriculture Future
…a very narrow prism of production agriculture,” USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told CNBC. “It’s not just production agriculture now but this is an expanding, entrepreneurial, creative, opportunistic aspect of our…
Marketing a Priority for PMA
…floral in omni-channel retail. For this, the board was joined by guests Kevin Coupe, retail observer and publisher of MorningNewsBeat.com, and Tom Furphy, CEO/Managing Partner of Consumer Equity Partners (formerly…