Tom Vilsack | The Ag Center News

May 221 min read

U.S. Ag Secretary Addresses Foreign Land Ownership and Lower Export Volumes at 2024 North American Agricultural Journalists Meeting

Vilsack suggested that China might be reducing its purchases of U.S. agricultural products to signal its displeasure over the various...

Apr 291 min read

USDA and USAID to Spend $1B from Commodity Credit Cooperation for International Food Aid

“An initial tranche of approximately $950 million will support the purchase, shipment and distribution of U.S. wheat, rice, sorghum, len...

Feb 261 min read

Ag Secretary Suggests U.S. is 18 Months Away from Identifying Bird Flu Vaccine

“We would have a circumstance where if we vaccinated today, I think we would have a number of our trading partners saying we’re not inter...

Jul 12, 20232 min read

USDA Awards $115 Million to Boost Independent Meat Processors

The USDA is providing 15 awards totaling $115 million in 17 states.