Tom Vilsack: “I commit to them, and to you, that the USDA will maintain a close partnership in our work on climate change and…”

this budget is at a critical point, at a transformational point, in my view, in rural America, and in agriculture.

I hope that that factor is taken into consideration, given the importance of this Department

An inclusive agriculture and rural life must be part of a shift to a bottom-up, middle-out system.

investments in research that create new opportunities; new income opportunities, is a way of maintaining those small- and mid-sized farming operations