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23 Nov 2010, 8:10 am by Marcia Oddi
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 16th, Tom Bechman of The Prairie Farmer reported on Nov. 22nd:Rumors of Ohio livestock... [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 11:45 am by Associated Press
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says farmers can begin signing up for new safety net programs next week established in the 2014 farm bill that replace the much-criticized direct payments with government payouts based on risks farmers face. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 10:15 am
For his part, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has stated the administration looks forward to resolving this lawsuit. [read post]
3 May 2010, 9:03 am
Thomas Vilsack suit.According to Tim Burger's reporting for Main Justice online, this decision by the Justice Department puts them at odds with the Department of Agriculture, whose officials, including Secretary Tom Vilsack, believe a global settlement is a better way to go. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 12:17 pm by Susan Schneider
The Drake Forum on America's New Farmers: Policy Innovations and Opportunities will be held March 4 and 5, 2010 at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC.The goal of the Forum isto organize a national discussion on new and beginning farmer policy issues; to gather stakeholders from across the U.S. to identify and inventory innovative policies and projects at the federal, state, and local levels to support new farmers; and,to provide the Administration and… [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 8:11 am
From the National Farmers Union: NFU President Testifies Against Market Concentration before House Committee April 17, 2007 WASHINGTON (April 17, 2007) - National Farmers Union President Tom Buis testified before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry today on the negative effects of increased concentration and lack of competition in the agricultural marketplace and the need for Congress to take action in the next farm bill through a… [read post]
4 May 2011, 10:00 pm by Stu Ellis
”  Many farmers will be seeking a definition of that, and will not delay. [read post]
4 May 2011, 10:00 pm by Stu Ellis
”  Many farmers will be seeking a definition of that, and will not delay. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 1:35 pm by Associated Press
  DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. government expects to spend $191 million to pay chicken and turkey farmers for birds lost to avian flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday as he called for Congress to consider a disaster program for poultry producers similar to that for other livestock farmers. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 5:00 am
Story by Tom Alex of the Des Moines Register. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 7:37 am
Dale Kildee (MI) and Tom Cole (OK), who co-chair the Native American Caucus, sent a letter on March 26, 2010 to Secretary Vilsack urging the secretary to settle the case on terms "comparable" to the settlement negotiated with the African-American farmers in the Pigford suit. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 7:26 am by arester
Joyce Latta and Tom Conklin, business as well as marital partners, grow about 1,500 roses in the soil of Walnut Hill Farm, and another 1,500 or so still in pots, ready for sale. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 6:26 pm
Friday, the Senate approved an amendment to a 2012 spending bill that ends direct payments to farmers with annual incomes exceeding $1 million. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 5:31 pm by Tom Smith
Read pp. 37 ff. for a nice description of the yeoman farmer's worldview. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 10:36 am by admin
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued 13 citations to LaBolt Farmers Grain Company, Inc. for exposing workers to unsafe conditions. [read post]
10 Aug 2008, 6:50 am
Larry Ribstein, Ideoblog, Olis and Hamden; see also Tom Kirkendall, Houston ClearThinkers, Criminal Justice? [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 7:58 am
Speaking to roughly 500 people attending the convention of the National Farmers Union,US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack said that while farming, in general, has become more efficient, rural America has not reaped the economic rewards.As Steve Miller highlights in his article for the Rapid City Journal, back in 1950 one American farmer could supply enough food for 20 Americans. [read post]