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9 Sep 2010, 8:58 am
The Associated Press reports that Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack "asking whether the U.S. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 11:10 am by Mark Zamora
Charles Grassley has asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to address accusations that federal workers ignored complaints about conditions at an Iowa farm involved in a recall of salmonella-tainted eggs. [read post]
2 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
"   Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Wednesday said APHIS "must chart a course for compliance with its statutory authorities and environmental statutes, such as NEPA, while USDA works to create the environment where all types of producers can and do produce all types of crops. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 8:15 am
" Agriculture "is one of the only major sectors of the American economy with a trade surplus - expected to be $30.5 billion this year" according to a statement by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
"A faster test method enables a faster distribution chain to get fresher product to consumers and/or faster response to an outbreak or suspected case of product contamination," Mauer told Food Safety News.In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the Meat Institute's Boyle threw several roadblocks in front of making the non-O157 E. coli strains adulterants, but the main one was testing. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
   While the workshop was another in a series of DOJ/USDA meetings to discuss economic concentration in agriculture, the Fort Collins event really focused on proposed new rules to administer the 89-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act.Public comment on the new Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules have been extended to Nov. 22.R-CALF wants to use the Packer and Stockyards Act to ban "packer ownership of livestock, requiring all forward… [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 10:01 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division Christine Varney. [read post]
24 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Before the riot was over, fires were started, windows were smashed, and 14 people were injured.All that should be cleaned up by Friday when US Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be in Fort Collins to kick off another of the joint Department of Justice (DOJ) /USDA workshops to discuss antitrust issues involving the nation's agricultural industry.And some might say Friday's joint workshop at the… [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 5:31 am
” FSIS operates as part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [read post]
18 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland is being extended. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 1:10 pm
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and other senators expressed support for the rule proposed by USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, according to Drovers. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, was quoted Monday in Food Chemical News saying that misuse of Ivermectin, a broad-based antiparasitic animal drug, is a "systematic problem" in Brazil.That in turn caused Wenonah Hauter with Food & Water Watch to fax a letter over to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack demanding Brazil be dropped from the list of countries eligible to export meat to the United States.Hauter also… [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
In October 2009, Patrick Boyle, president of AMI, sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking that the agency mandate test and hold. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
The 2010 results are being released as part of National Farmers Market Week declared by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack between Aug. 1-7, 2010. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack appointed these members in late May, but is seeking ten more to fill up the full 30-member committee. [read post]
27 Jul 2010, 5:57 am by John Phillips
Within a day of the video’s appearance on the Inernet, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack ordered Sherrod to resign. [read post]