Topic: Tom Vilsack
AP News | 2010-03-13 00:37:53
US attorney general, agriculture secretary begin hearings on competition in farming system
Federal officials concerned about how much control a few corporations have over the nation's food supply pledged Friday to begin a new era of antitrust enforcement, seeking to balance agricultural power between companies, farmers and consumers. More than 650 farmers, slaughterhouse workers, lobbyists and executives gathered for ...
Reuters Environmental Online Report | 2010-03-01 01:58:47
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The federal government will maximize enrollment in the land-idling Conservation Reserve, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a policy that would reduce U.S. cropland by 1.5 percent if successful. The amount of land involved, around 5 million acres, could produce more than 150 million bushels of wheat, 200 million bushels of soybeans or 700 million bushels of ...
AFP American Edition | 2010-02-18 23:10:48
<div><p>The US government reached Thursday a historic 1.25-billion-dollar settlement with black farmers who were discriminated against when they tried to get loans and other assistance.</p><p>The settlement puts to rest a class-action lawsuit launched in 1997 by thousands of African-American farmers left out of programs because of ...
AP News | 2010-02-09 14:16:43
President Barack Obama signs a memorandum on childhood obesity, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House,Washington. Standing, from left are, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom ...
