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WASHINGTON, December 19, 2012 – Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced today that funding is available to preserve and revitalize USDA-financed rural rental housing. "Strong rural communities are a key to a stronger rural America, and safe, sanitary housing is a...

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 SECRETARY THOMAS VILSACK: Well, I want to thank Tom Donahue and former secretary Margaret Spellings for giving us this opportunity. So you know, it's sometimes difficult in this town to get folk's attention on agriculture, but I really appreciate the chamber giving us...

WASHINGTON, December 19, 2012 – Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today announced funding to help reduce energy costs for residents of remote rural areas where the cost of producing electricity is extremely high. The funds are being provided through USDA's High Energy...

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2012 – It's not every day that a walk to your mailbox leads to an opportunity to help shape farm programs, boost rural services and grow your farm future. But for producers across the country, that opportunity will soon become a reality. The 2012 Census of Agriculture, the...

LANSING, Mich., Dec. 14, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $10 million in research grants to spur production of bioenergy and biobased products that will lead to the development of sustainable regional systems and help create jobs. Vilsack highlighted the announcement today with...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's measures to open conservation land to emergency haying and grazing during the 2012 drought freed up a record 2.8 million acres and provided as much as $200 million in forage for...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2012 – In just four years, America's top conservationists have enrolled 50 million acres in USDA's Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), a program that helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners take conservation to the next level. CSP is aimed at producers who are already...

Moderated by Andy Webber, CEO of Farm Journal Media SECRETARY VILSACK: Andy, it could have been worse. You could have told me you were a Ravens fan. [Laughter.] SECRETARY VILSACK: But after last weekend, that's nothing. It was good. It was the way it was supposed to be. God intended that game. Well...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2012 –United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk today issued the following statement in response to Russia's new requirements that U.S. beef and pork exports to Russia be tested and certified free of the feed additive...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today awarded five grants totaling $4.5 million in support of research to improve the production of the common bean, a main staple produced throughout food insecure areas of the world, including East and Southern Africa. The awards...