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Agriculture Secretary Addresses Future Farmers of America (FFA) and 4-H Students on Importance of College Affordability

Audio MODERATOR: For this important call, the topic is making college affordable for all, and, of course, that is something that is very important to those who are on the line. They are students, as well as high schools, and they are very much interested in knowing about making college affordable...

Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Keynote Speaker at Agricultural Outlook Forum 2012

SECRETARY VILSACK: I want to wish everyone a good morning this morning, and I want to welcome you all to the 2012 Ag Outlook Forum. We are honored today to be joined as Deputy Secretary Merrigan indicated, by seven former Secretaries of Agriculture. It was planned to be an eighth former Secretary...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Before the House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

WASHINGTON, February 17, 2012- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today addressed the House Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies: "Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of this Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Before the Opening Session of US-China Agricultural Symposium

DES MOINES, IOWA, February 16, 2012 –Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today addressed the opening session of the US-China Agriculture Symposium: "Thank you all for being here. It's an honor to welcome Vice President Xi back to Iowa and the entire Chinese delegation, including my dear and old friend...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan before the Biofach World Organic Trade Fair, Nuremberg, Germany

NUREMBERG, February 15, 2012 - Every Generation has the sacred duty of handing over unimpaired to the next generation the heritage of a fertile soil. These are the prophetic words of Sir Albert Howard that have inspired me, and all of us who have worked in, and on behalf of, organic agriculture...

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

WASHINGTON, February 15, 2012- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry: "Madam Chairwoman and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to have this opportunity to discuss economic development and the impact of renewable...

Remarks by Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan at the 12th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment, Washington, D.C.

Ann, thanks very much for that warm introduction. Ann Bartuska is a highly regarded member of our team at USDA and the Secretary and I value her leadership in the research, education and economics mission area. Thank you, Ann. It's an honor to be part of this conference and USDA once again is a...

Remarks by Secretary Tom Vilsack at the American Farm Bureau Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii

One hundred and fifty years ago, in the midst of an epic struggle upon which the fate of our nation and its experiment with a democratic government hung in the balance, our political leaders - led by President Lincoln - created the Department of Agriculture. The establishment of the department, in...