Tom Vilsack
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Tom Vilsack is an American politician and attorney who has served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture since March 2021. He previously held the same position from January 2009 to January 2017 under President Barack Obama. Vilsack's tenure has focused on issues such as food security, rural development, and agricultural sustainability. He has been a prominent advocate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and has emphasized the importance of supporting farmers and rural communities.
Our review is not finished. We need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility.
Our review is not finished. We need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility.
Our review is not finished. We need to continue to look for ways in which we can create flexibility.
Dairy producers, processors, and other stakeholders will have to agree on one dairy pricing plan.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, or Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) invests $40 million in Lake Champlain which will allow us to extend additional support throughout the basin.
I appreciate your continued focus on this important issue for both impacted Maine producers, and those across the country.
We have begun to turn the tide on the pandemic and our country has made historic progress in the face of unprecedented challenges.
What we need to do is be able to create additional ways in which profit centers and income sources can come from the farm.
I think there needs to be some real thought about this, and we need to maybe suggest that on at least this occasion there may be a need for additional resources in that farm bill.
I think we need a national standard, so that there is a better understanding of precisely what is acceptable.
I think everybody agrees, or most everybody agrees that changes are necessary. Where there is disagreement is precisely how to structure those changes to deal with the regional difference in dairy.
If you have too many competing proposals, essentially, you're back to the same old same old and it makes it more difficult because it's easier to sort of stalemate the process.





