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Thursday, April 03, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack defended President Joe Biden’s ability to lead the country Wednesday, citing his record on job creation and stance on Russian aggression.
Broiler chicken growers would be guaranteed a base price for their birds under a proposed rule from the Agriculture Department aimed at reforming the poultry tournament system.
The Agriculture Department is making a wide range of resources available to dairy farmers whose herds are affected by avian flu, including reimbursing them for the cost of personal protective equipment and development of biosecurity plans, in part to gather more information about farmworker health.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be defending Biden administration policies this week, starting today as keynote speaker for the annual Washington meeting of the North American Agricultural Journalists.
Farmers who have experienced discrimination from USDA in farm lending programs should get assistance sometime this summer, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday that lacked the partisan vitriol of the secretary’s appearance last week before the House Ag Committee.
The Biden administration announced $772.6 million Wednesday to support more than 200 projects in rural communities, addressing high-speed internet, drinking water and wastewater.
The number of farms in the U.S. fell 7% over five years to about 1.9 million in 2022, and the average age of U.S. farmers rose slightly to 58.1, according to the latest Census of Agriculture.
Through its first three years, the Biden administration has been moving – quickly in some cases, more slowly in others – to implement its regulatory agenda, the success of which will depend in large part on what happens in 2024.
