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Secretary Vilsack Announces USDA Has Reached Its Goal to Fund $250...

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RALEIGH, N.C., September 7, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has reached its $250 million goal to finance smart grid technologies, a key component of President Obama’s effort to help modernize our nation’s electric system. Vilsack also announced nine rural electric cooperatives and utilities in 10 states including...

Agriculture Secretary Announces Electric System Improvements in Eight States

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NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 5, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in eight states, including Virginia, to improve electric service for about 10,000 rural residents. Rural Utilities Service Administrator John Padalino made the announcement on the Secretary’s behalf in Norfolk, Va., during the 2013 regional mee...

46 to be inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Rachel Augustine, 573-884-7641

SEDALIA, Mo. – Forty-six Missourians will be inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame at 3 p.m. Saturday, August 15, at Stauffacher Center for the Fine Arts on the State Fair Community...

Student journalists study complex ag, ecological issues in northwest Missouri

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Media contact:
George Laur
Publications Coordinator
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-0850
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story sources: Bill Allen, 573-884-7863; Jim Crawford, 660-744-6231

ROCK PORT, Mo. — Journalism students from the University of Missouri traveled throughout the northwest corner of the state for three days in late...

New Report Shows Budget Impact of Rising Firefighting Costs

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WASHINGTON, August 20, 2014—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new report showing that as the cost of fighting forest fires has rapidly increased over the last 20 years, the budgets for other forest programs, including those that can help prevent and mitigate fire damage, have substantially shrunk....

Youngsters learn to make healthy snacks through MU Extension program

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Lynda Zimmerman, 573-642-0755

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Students give fun, healthy snacks an A-plus in University of Missouri Extension’s Kids in the Kitchen program.

Students in kindergarten through fifth grade learn...

Student Union to host Summer on the Plaza

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Something exciting is in the works for this summer at the Oklahoma State University Student Union. Every Thursday night from May 23 through June 27, the Student Union will host its second annual Summer on the Plaza and open its doors to the Stillwater community as well as to OSU students, faculty and staff. There will be everything from live...

USDA Renews Agricultural Air Quality Task Force, Appoints Members

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the renewal of the USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force and the selection of its members for the 2016-2018 term. The task force is composed of representatives from agriculture, industry, academia, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and other a...

Reminder: Hispanic and Women Farmers and Ranchers Claims Must be Postmarked...

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WASHINGTON, February 8, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades that there are 45 days remaining in the filing period closing March 25, 2013....

New McGovern-Dole Projects to Benefit 2.7 Million Children Worldwide

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NEW YORK, April 9, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide $183 million in U.S. agricultural commodities and support to benefit an estimated 2.7 million children in 10 developing countries as part of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. V...
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