Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 10/26/11

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is laying out USDA's farm bill priorities this week. But given the current economic climate, and the efforts of the Congressional Super Committee tasked with finding more than $1.2 trillion in budget cuts, Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says USDA's leadership may not carry much weight.

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