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The air is saturated with loud noise about health care reform. That’s all we hear.

Are we going to have a public option?

How can we pay for universal Health care?

The whole issue has become…

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Health Care Reform and Cap and Trade seem to be the only issues in the spotlight here in this town. Maybe that’s appropriate. It looks like the legislation now on the table would…

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How do we breathe some life into the agriculture economy? About 75 percent of what we produce is sold domestically. The other 25 percent is exported. Maybe we can grow the domestic…

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We have a long list of serious problems that the President and Congress need to address. Pointing fingers and blaming President Bush won’t fix anything. If the politicians would…

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Most years in the first month, I make predictions for the year ahead. There is so much uncertainty
right now, my crystal ball is fogged over. To me, there are a lot of questions…

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I called Secretary Vilsack last week and wished him well. Secretaries of Agriculture are never lacking for challenges. I inherited a grain embargo that was killing our farm economy. He has a…

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If we look back over our shoulder to last year, we can hardly believe it. Oil prices went out of sight to near $150 per barrel and then plunged to just over $30. Grain prices shot up and…

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It's a new year and we'll see what it brings. Barak Obama will be in the White House and Tom Vilsack will be at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

I was encouraged when Governor Vilsack…

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I have served as a host for the annual Cabinet Secretaries Holiday luncheon for more than 20 years. At this year's luncheon, we hosted 52 Cabinet members spanning the years from the Gerald…

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A once-in-a-lifetime panel featuring seven former Secretaries of Agriculture spoke to the challenges that a Secretary faces and the issues of the day. This was presented at the Food and Ag…

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