Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Passing of Employee John...
WASHINGTON, October 22, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the passing of USDA employee John Lydon....
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on the Passing of Senator George...
WASHINGTON, October 21, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the passing of Senator George McGovern....
Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Improve Rural Electric Service in Eight...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding to modernize and improve the efficiency of rural electric generation and transmission systems. Several of the loans contain support for smart grid projects....
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding for Projects to Boost Renewable Energy...
WASHINGTON – Oct. 19, 2012 –Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for 244 projects nationwide that are focused on helping agricultural producers and rural small businesses reduce energy consumption and costs, and use renewable energy technologies in their operations. Funding is made available through USDA’s Rural Energy for Amer...
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Projects to Create Rural Job Opportunities in...
WASHINGTON, October 17, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 112 recipients in 39 states, Washington, DC, and the Western Pacific for loans and grants to help spur rural economic development and create or save jobs....
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Says Record Ag Exports Under Obama Administration are...
YORK, Pa., Oct. 17, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Pennsylvania this week to highlight the Obama Administration's efforts to achieve and expand upon record agricultural exports since 2008. Under President Obama's leadership, exports of U.S. food and agricultural products will achieve the four best years in our n...
USDA Scientists Collaborate with Global Researchers to Advance the Mapping of...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2012—In a major advance that will unlock the benefits of the mapping of the barley genome—one of the world’s most important cereal crops—work conducted and supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in collaboration with researchers around the world has resulted in the most advanced sequencing of the barley genome t...
USDA Announces Nation's Sixth Regional Biofuels System, Meant to Spur Innovation...
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded Pennsylvania State University a five-year research grant valued at roughly $10 million to develop biomass supply chains for the production of liquid transportation and aviation biofuels in the Northeast....
Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding to Improve Electric Service in Rural Communities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding to modernize and improve the efficiency of rural electric generation and transmission systems. The announcement was made on the Secretary’s behalf by Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager....
US Forest Service awards $3M in grants to protect Great Lakes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2012 – The U.S. Forest Service announced today nearly $3 million in grants to improve tree canopy, forest cover and ultimately, water quality in six Great Lakes states, including Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Illinois and Indiana....
