Articles Tagged with ''Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack''

It’s been two weeks since the Senate Finance Committee unanimously voted to approve Doug McKalip to be the chief agricultural negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told a supporter of e-RINs for electricity produced from biomass and biogas to look for action this summer, emails obtained by Agri-Pulse show.

It’s a big week around the nation’s capital with hearings scheduled examining several issues important to agriculture, including rail service delays and a proposal to require companies to track the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.

The Senate is back in session after the August recess, and there’s a full slate of committee activity today.

Leading farm groups are making another appeal to senators ahead of their August recess to reach agreement on reforms to the H-2A visa program for farmworkers.

A key Capitol Hill Republican says he plans to focus closely on the nutrition title during deliberations surrounding the upcoming farm bill.

USDA has sharply raised its forecast for food inflation this year.

A key Republican lawmaker is firing a warning shot at the Biden administration over Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack’s broad spending authority.

Congress is back in session this week with a focus on the nation’s plague of mass shootings and the raging inflation facing consumers.

A Senate Agriculture Committee member says the Department of Agriculture is “seriously evaluating” a letter sent by members of Congress from the upper Midwest that would support farmers struggling with late planting.