Tom Vilsack actually said...

I would like to express my appreciation to Senators Udall and Risch for their leadership in addressing insect and disease issues.

Corn-based ethanol is alive and well, meeting the threshold of 20 percent; soy diesel, biodiesel alive and well, meeting the threshold.

If we continued down the road we were on, we'd continue to have participation in some, but not all, of livestock.

There is a need for better data collection so that we have a better understanding of precisely what causes the difficulties and illnesses th...