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Vilsack speaks at DNC
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told delegates to the Democratic convention on Sept. 5 that President Obama has done a lot to help farmers and rural America, but that there is more to do in a second term.
By Jerry Hagstrom, Special to Agweek , September 10, 2012
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Obama releases ag budet
President Barack Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Feb. 13 released a proposed fiscal year 2013 Agriculture Department budget that would eliminate the direct payment program and cut crop insurance but reinstate permanent disaster programs and increase competitive grants for agricultural research.
By Jerry Hagstrom , February 20, 2012
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Vilsack visits the Midwest
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 17 that the Obama administration had reached agreement with the state of Minnesota to help farmers try to achieve regulatory “certainty” on water issues was part of a two-day tour that appeared intended to bolster the administration’s standing in the rural Midwest as President Obama seeks re-election.
By Jerry Hagstrom , January 23, 2012
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Obama proposes reorganizing agencies
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s proposal to reorganize six agencies that promote business and trade and possibly reorganize food safety agencies has not been well received in agriculture or consumer advocacy circles.
By Jerry Hagstrom , January 23, 2012
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Obama garden promotes good food, good nutrition
WASHINGTON —The White House kitchen garden is surely home grown, but it is not organic, and there are no plans for it to be.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , April 28, 2010
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Analysis: Climate bill may spur energy revolution
It was late Friday when the House passed legislation that would, for the first time, require limits on pollution blamed for global warming — mainly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels. Now the Senate has the chance to change the way Americans produce and use energy.
By H. Josef Hebert , June 27, 2009
White House connection: Bemidji dog is half-sister of Obama family’s Bo
A Bemidji family has a White House canine connection.
By Laurie Swenson , April 20, 2009
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