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Livestock producers continue to get less and less of each dollar spent on meat by consumers. (Gary Crawford. President Joe Biden. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)
The Agriculture Secretary explains how concerns about Canadian dairy tariff-rate-quotas led to a recent decision by a USMCA Dispute Settlement Panel. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses Canadas tariff-rate-quotas for U.S. dairy in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, how it is designed to increase our nations dairy exports to that market, and what a recent USMCA Dispute Settlement Panel ruling means for U.S. dairy and Canadian TRQs.
Experts say the lack of competition in the meat processing business can drain rural economies. (Gary Crawford. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. President of Oklahoma Farmers Union Scott Blubaugh)
A new crop insurance tool is available for conservation minded corn growers in 11 states. (Gary Crawford and USDA Risk Management Administrator Marcia Bunger)
Some examples of state, regional and community-wide efforts to raise awareness of and provide resources for rural mental health issues are found in the Badger State. (Rod Bain and Scott Heiberger of the National Farm Medicine Center)
Another year of significant weather and climate activity is now in the books, yet what were some of the notable events weather-wise of last year in our country, and what kind of impacts did it have, especially on agriculture? Rod Bain looks at 2021 from a U.S. weather perspective in this edition of...
The first ever Dispute Settlement Panel formed under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement issued its ruling in a U.S. dispute about Canadian dairy tariff-rate-quotas. (Rod Bain and Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Guidelines will facilitate the recognition of climate-smart agriculture within clean transportation fuel programs, creating new market opportunities for biofuel feedstock producers while enhancing climate benefits.
Growing up on a farm in Northeast Iowa taught me the values of resilience and innovation—qualities that have guided my work as USDA’s Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. I reflect on the progress we have made in advancing U.S. agricultural exports and driving economic growth.