by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 30, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
U-S Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says a central Iowa construction project shows the potential for a building material called mass timber. It’s layers of wood, compressed and nailed or glued together, so it can bear more weight. Vilsack says mass timber can...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 21, 2021 | Agriculture, News
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says while a looming policy in Mexico may stop genetically modified corn from being planted in Mexico, the country’s policy does not bar genetically modified corn grown in the United States from being sold to Mexico....
by O. Kay Henderson | Oct 20, 2021 | News, Politics & Government
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has visited the picket line outside the John Deere plant in Ankeny. Vilsack told the UAW members he’s there for them because they were there for him 23 years ago. The union endorsed Vilsack’s successful 1998 campaign...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 8, 2021 | Agriculture, News
Biden Administration officials say the nation’s four major meatpackers are engaging in “pandemic profiteering” and generating record or near-record profits this year. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said it’s time to hold meatpackers...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 12, 2021 | Agriculture, News
The USDA will spend half a billion dollars to help establish smaller-scale meat processing plants to compete with the four major corporations that dominate the industry. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the announcement in Council Bluffs. “It’s...