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North Dakota grain regulation bill would expand Agriculture Commissioner's power The Hunter Hanson fraud in 2018 resulted in a shift of regulatory authority of grain from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to the North Dakota Agriculture Department. A bill going through the 2021 Legislature would move more control from the courts to the North Dakota agriculture commissioner. 2:05 pm, Mar. 3, 2021 × BISMARCK, N.D. — A bill that has passed the North Dakota Legislature will give the North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner more autonomy and discretion over who gets ...

Tom Vilsack is back at the helm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture The overwhelming vote to confirm Tom Vilsack indicated strong support for his return, but Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., along with six Republicans voted against him. 5:30 am, Feb. 28, 2021 × Tom Vilsack (Photo by Adam Schultz / Biden for President) After walking out of the Whitten building a little more than four years, Tom Vilsack Is headed back to the Department of Agriculture. The Senate on Tuesday voted 92-7 to confirm Vilsack as the nation’s Secretary of Agriculture, giving the former secretary a...

New legislation would give a much-needed boost to the Commodity Credit Corporation’s annual borrowing limit.

‘We don’t have a day to waste’ on climate mitigation, says Vilsack Actions could range from providing expert advice to producers, including giving them guidelines for quantifying carbon capture on a farm, to launching pilot projects that demonstrate best practices for climate mitigation. By 2/26/2021 U.S. agriculture faces a triple imperative — market, environment, and income — in responding to climate change, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday, his first day on the job. “We don’t have a day to waste on this,” he told reporters while indica...

The U.S. Senate voted 92-7 to confirm Tom Vilsack as U.S. Agriculture Secretary. Vilsack formerly held the position under the Obama Administration and is a former Iowa governor.