New USDA Fact Sheets Illustrate State-by-State Benefits of TPP

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…American jobs and driving the nation’s rural economy. Created by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), the fact sheets graphically depict how each state and individual commodities stand to benefit…

Ag Sec. Vilsack Talks TPP

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President Obama and Ag Sec. Vilsack in meeting with ag leaders. USDA photo by Bob Nichols Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) provides a more level…

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Regarding the Agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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…team at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, assisted by the dedicated staff of USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the Chief Economist. I’d also like to…

Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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…will help American farmers and ranchers by expanding their exports, which provide roughly 20 percent of all farm income in the United States. For example, TPP will eliminate import taxes…

UC Berkeley to Lead Study of Crop Drought Tolerance

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…and Natural Resources, the Energy Department’s Joint Genome Institute and that agency’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the five-year project, called Epigenetic Control of Drought Response in Sorghum, or EPICON….

California Food Banks – Farm to Family Program

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The Farm to Family Program from the California Association of Food Banks helps the state’s farmers donate surplus produce to families in need. AgNet West’s Sabrina Hill talks with Sue…