Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM PROGRESS, 3/1/21


An estimated 89.6% of American farmers today do not make a majority of their income from their farming operation, which Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says offers him motivation to work creatively and innovatively to establish new sources of income for farmers not just solely dependent on the sale of bulk commodities. In speaking before the National Farmers Union virtually at their annual meeting March 1, Vilsack details how he plans to enter into his recently confirmed role at USDA.

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