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15 Mar 2010, 10:37 am by Chris Eddy
The H-2A nonimmigrant worker visa program enables United States agricultural employers to employ foreign workers on a temporary basis to perform agricultural labor or services. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 8:58 am
President Lincoln signed into law an act of Congress establishing the United States Department of Agriculture in 1862.Vilsack stated that, "through our work on food, agriculture, economic development, science, natural resource conservation and a host of issues, USDA still fulfills President Lincoln's vision as "The People's Department" - touching the lives of every American, every day. [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Like Vilsack, Perdue was governor of a large diversified agricultural state who takes over USDA with very broad support. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 7:14 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Department of Agriculture to use their rulemaking authority and protect horses from this inhumane treatment. [read post]
30 Apr 2021, 7:14 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Department of Agriculture to use their rulemaking authority and protect horses from this inhumane treatment. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 10:58 am by kblocher@hslf.org
But for several months already, we’ve been advancing our priorities concerning the United States Department of Agriculture with President Biden’s transition team and members of Congress. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 8:18 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and other Administration officials and agriculture interests testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee, Chaired by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on, The Role of Agriculture and Forestry in Global Warming Legislation. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 8:54 am
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) spent this past August and September filming what USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack would later call "deplorable scenes" at Bushway Packing Inc. of Grand Isle, Vermont. [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 6:00 am by Cari Rincker
The federal grazing program is available in 16 Western states and fees are calculated on an animal unit month (“AUM”). [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 4:13 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
CRS report via FAS – The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS): “The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is comprised of nine members, two ex officio members, and other members as appointed by the President representing major departments and agencies within the federal executive branch. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 2:26 pm by David
  The Committee then reports its findings to the Secretaries of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [read post]
7 Nov 2006, 8:46 am
The Department of Agriculture in the Philippines is reportedly conducting an investigation into "a multimillion-peso scam" allegedly involving former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante.[1] According to Ombudsman Meceditas Gutierrez, an investigation into an "alleged illegal transfer of P743-million [$14.9 million] worth of fertilizer funds to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's campaign kitty" in 2004 would result in an extradition request… [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 11:13 am
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack have been busy of late announcing federal funding for a variety of projects, initiatives, and research. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 12:00 pm
Every year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, in consultation with the Department of state, identifies (through a notice published in the Federal Register) the countries that are eligible to participate in the H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) and H-2B (temporary non-agricultural worker) programs for that year. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 4:19 am by FoodLaw Blogger
FDA News Release(12/9/09): Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today commended the Department of Homeland Security for opening a center devoted to ensuring the safety of foods imported to the United States. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 5:11 am by Susan Schneider
Secretary Vilsack is the voice of agriculture and food for the United States,” said Janie Hipp, director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas School of Law. [read post]
31 May 2022, 9:04 pm by Dan Flynn
The highly pathogenic avian flu is costing the United States so much that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is kept on the ready to pour more money into the fight. [read post]