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W ASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) issued the following statement today following a discussion with Tom Vilsack, who President Biden recently nominated to be Secretary of Agriculture. Vilsack previously served as Governor of Iowa and Secretary of Agriculture under President Barack Obama. “South Dakota’s farm and ranch families are among the best producers in the world,” said Rounds. “They are great stewards of the land and need to be recognized for their efforts in feedin...

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Senator Mike Rounds is responding to an executive order from President Joe Biden aimed at strengthening so-called “Buy American” rules. President Joe Biden signed an executive order that would increase purchases of American-made products by the federal government. Senator Mike Rounds took on Twitter expressing his enthusiasm for the order. The BAA promotes the use of American-made supplies by imposing a price preference for “domestic end products” and “constructio...

This article originally appeared on FoodPrint. Americans sure love sugar; we each eat an average of 6 cups of the stuff a week, for a total of 152 pounds a year. When we think of the granules and syrups we or manufacturers purposefully add to our foods (not the fructose, glucose, and lactose that occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and dairy), its usually in terms of their effects on our bodies: The calories they add to our diets. The holes they bore in our teeth. Their contribution to diab...

Last week, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Katherine Tai as the next United States Trade Representative (USTR). As the United States faces significant global challenges, including the climate crisis, the role of USTR must be integrated in the Biden-Harris administration’s strategic response to these challenges, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). “For too long the culture at USTR has been to isolate itself from other branches of government and from other...