Tom Vilsack: “We want to work with states in a collaborative effort.”

It would mean 84,000 farmers couldn't access the technical assistance they need to embrace conservation practices.

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

We are writing to express our strong support for the above-referenced rule proposed on August 21, 2023, and urge the USDA to act expeditiously to finalize it.

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