Topic: Tom Vilsack

The Department of Agriculture said Friday it has tapped $129 million in emergency funding to battle a worsening incursion of exotic, invasive fruit flies from Mexico and Guatemala.

In an effort to support American wood processing facilities and reduce the risk of forest wildfires on public lands, the USDA announced on Monday a new program that will make $220 million available in loan guarantees.

Egg production is down and prices are higher as the holiday season approaches due to a particularly persistent strain of H5N1, or avian influenza, a prominent industry group says.

The federal government said Wednesday more than $200M will be made available to farmers hit by recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Milton.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday that it will give $1.5 billion to 92 "partner-driven" conservation projects throughout the country to help mitigate challenges on agricultural land.

The rights of landowners and local control are on the ballot in South Dakota as Summit Carbon Solutions seeks to build a carbon pipeline across the Midwest.

President Joe Biden issued condolences and promised more aid for victims of Hurricane Helene in visits to Georgia and Florida on Thursday, neither of which were attended by the states' Republican governors.

President Joe Biden traveled to Wisconsin on Thursday to announce $7.3 billion in financing for clean energy in rural areas nationwide as part of his administration's Inflation Reduction Act.

The Biden administration announced Thursday it will pay farmers across the Western United States to conserve water.

The U.S. Agriculture Department on Monday announced new efforts to reduce salmonella contamination and consumer's illnesses associated with raw poultry products.