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MODERATOR: Good day, and welcome to today's live broadcast from the USDA Radio Studios in Washington, D.C., featuring the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Tom Tidwell. Reporters and members of the media, if you wish to ask the Secretary or the Chief a...

Audio WASHINGTON-July 26, 2012-Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture highlighted how our nation's forests are contributing billions of dollars to the economy and creating jobs through tourism, restoration, and renewable energy initiatives. The U.S. Forest Service released its annual visitor...

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 – As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to enhance U.S. energy security, reduce America's reliance on imported oil and leverage our domestic energy supply, while also supporting rural economies, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy...

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 76 additional counties in six states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat. During the 2012 crop year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 1,369...

MODERATOR: Good day, and welcome to today's live broadcast from the USDA radio studios in Washington, D.C., featuring the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. Reporters and members of the media, if you wish to ask the Secretary a question after opening remarks, please press Star/1 on your...

WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that low-income rural areas will benefit from changes in the way USDA funds water and wastewater projects. Rural Development Acting Deputy Under Secretary Judith Canales made the announcement on Vilsack's behalf while she...

Audio WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new flexibility and assistance in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's major conservation programs to get much-needed help to livestock producers as the most wide-spread drought in seven decades intensifies in the...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 20, 2012 – USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager today announced the publication of a guide outlining programs the federal government has available to support rural communities as they promote economic development and enhance the quality of life for...

Audio WASHINGTON. D.C., July 19, 2012 – U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal held a conference call today to brief media on the demonstration in local operations of a U.S. Navy...

MR. CARNEY: Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody, to the White House for your daily briefing. As I think you had advanced warning of, I have with me today the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. As you know, he briefed the President today on the drought that is affecting a significant portion...