Topic: Tom Vilsack

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the funding of a project in New York that will improve wastewater services for the Village of...

Ex-egg farm workers: Complaints ignored

U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two ...
U.S. Department of Agriculture staff regularly on site at two Iowa egg processors implicated in a national salmonella outbreak were supposed to...

Beef recall deepens fight for ...

The first known U.S. outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the...
Six southern New Jersey counties have been designated disaster areas after storms in May caused damage to crops.. . The designation makes farmers...

Bredesen seeks federal assistance for dry counties

Gov. Phil Bredesen is seeking federal assistance for Knox and Sumner counties because of drought and excessive heat during the growing season.....

Fewer livestock producers worries USDA's Vilsack

FORT COLLINS, Colo (Reuters) - There are fewer U.S. livestock producers now than 30 years ago, and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack believes that may be because concentration in the meat industry has forced many to leave the business.Vilsack and U.S ...
U.S. ambassador David Jacobson and agriculture secretary Thomas Vilsack greet guests at the residence on Tuesday. AUG 13 10 - 7:20 AM -- When I...

Are you well-fed today? Thank a farmer

Above, left, United States secretary of agriculture Thomas Vilsack with U.S. ambassador David Jacobson during a noon-hour reception in Ottawa on...
Too bad he's in Barack Obama's cabinet. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, in town Tuesday to meet with food exporters and Agriculture...