WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Agriculture will benefit from energy and climate change legislation having strong carbon offset programs, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The H1N1 influenza is a new strain of the flu virus, not the swine flu that has infected U.S. pigs for 80 years, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Friday the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $600,000 in grants to help poor rural residents.
WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Twenty-three universities will share $3.3 million to enhance their international research and teaching capabilities, the U.S. Agriculture Department said.
BLAIRS, Va., July 18 (UPI) -- Virginia was the latest scheduled stop Saturday in U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's efforts to boost the federal economic stimulus program.
WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department, the Food Network and others planted a garden at a Washington school to provide fresh, healthy food to children in need.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Kathleen Merrigan has been nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to be deputy secretary of Agriculture, officials said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Nineteen employees of the U.S. Veterinary Services Laboratory have been suspended for allegedly purchasing prescription drugs for private use.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday introduced former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his nominee to lead the Agriculture Department.
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Advisers and friends of Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack have said the Democrat has decided to run for his party's nomination in the 2008 presidential election. Vilsack reportedly told those close to him that he will file the official paperwork with the Federal Elec
