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USDA chief says meat inspector furloughs still months away

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Furloughs of U.S. meat inspectors that could disrupt meat delivery throughout the country will probably be concentrated in July through September, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers March 5. Vilsack said furloughs of meat inspectors required under sequestration, or automatic budget cuts that took effect this month, will disrupt the meat industry. He said USDA
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Forced government furloughs could cause meat shortages

Reuters / Americans should expect to experience spotty shortages of meat due to furloughs of food inspectors caused by federal budget cuts, but the government will stagger the layoffs to minimize the impact, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Feb. 27. Automatic budget cuts began to take effect March 1 when the nation’s largest employer, the
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Washington to offer micro loans to small farmers

washington / reuters The U.S. Department of Agriculture will help small farming operations, including those run by minority or socially disadvantaged farmers, improve their access to credit. The program will offer loans of up to $35,000 for terms of up to seven years to help recipients deal with farming’s often prohibitive startup costs. “History tells
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Canada raises COOL with Vilsack

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Gerry Ritz was in Washington, D.C. last week promoting agricultural trade, science-based regulations and the elimination of mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL). “At this stage of our economic recovery no one can afford a thickening of the border,” Ritz told reporters during a telephone news conference Feb. 24. “That’s why our two countries are committed to
Beef cattle, Livestock

Senators Say USDA Update Allows Livestock Premiums – for Aug. 19, 2010

WASHINGTON/REUTERS Meat packers will be able to pay premiums to livestock producers under marketing rules proposed by the Agriculture Department, said 21 U. S. senators, rebutting a prime objection to the proposal. Some farm groups say the June 18 proposal could bar farmers from earning additional pay for their livestock by meeting meat quality or
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Vilsack Promises To Hear Concerns Of Dairy Farmers

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U. S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told struggling U. S. dairy producers on June 25 the government is looking to expand marketing opportunities for the industry, which has seen its ranks nearly cut in half during the last decade. Vilsack, speaking at the third of five “town hall” events on anti-trust issues in agriculture that
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Will Farmers Get “Generic” GM Crops?

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WASHINGTON, D. C. Generic drugs keep drug prices down, could the same work for genetically modified crops when their patents expire? It’s an idea Tom Vilsack, the United States’ secretary of agriculture, wants to explore. “We have a generic drug industry in this country, the question is how do we create that kind of industry
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Vilsack Focusing Attention On Rural America

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“We’ve got to do something different.” – TOM VILSACK “Agriculture… is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness.” – THOMAS JEFFERSON, Third President Of The United States WASHINGTON, D. C. Rural America needs attention, not just for rural America’s sake, but for the entire
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Rural Growth Key To New Farm Bill

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called for rural economic development as the key to a vibrant farm sector April 21, an unorthodox beginning for an overhaul of U. S. farm policy. Marking the start of a two-year process to forge a new Farm Bill, Vilsack told a House Agriculture Committee hearing that he wanted to “expand
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U. S. Farm Subsidy Debate Rekindled

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The U. S. farm program should be refined but does not need to be radically rewritten to replace crop supports with revenue guarantees or to make rural economic development the centrepiece, a key senator says. Saxby Chambl iss of Georgia, the Republican leader on the Senate Agriculture Committee, said he hoped “that we don’t talk

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