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BY USDA | December 18, 2020 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. “While this was a tough year with the coronavirus, historic wildfires, and weather damage, USDA met these challenges with a multitude of programs and services to support Americans and keep our agricultural sector running and responsive to the country’s needs,” said Secretary Perdue. “We salute our mission areas a...

Secretary Sonny Perdue in Indiana. Photo: Gary Truitt U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is applauding the accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) over the past year. “While this was a tough year with the coronavirus, historic wildfires, and weather damage, USDA met these challenges with a multitude of programs and services to support Americans and keep our agricultural sector running and responsive to the country’s needs,” said Secretary Perdue. “We salute our mission areas and agencies for keeping our customers front and center, serving the American...

>> martha: controversy tonight over a small part of trump's 4.4 billion-dollar budget proposal a plan to replace food stamps with food. the current program known as snap cost $63.7 billion in federal spending last year. trump administration thinks that they can do better in this plan. >> >> you may have heard about this already the food box program. we thought it was tremendous idea. what we do propose folks on food stamps part, not all, part of their benefits come in the actual sort of and i don't want to steal somebody's copyright but a blue apron type program you actually receive the food i...