Rep. Kristi Noem got off the phone long enough to actually speak at a committee hearing yesterday. She thought it would be cute to ask USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack about a leaked e-mail he hadn't seen yet that purportedly shows…
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Mr. Kurtz links to and links up an article on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack's warning that rural America is losing political relevance because it's acting like Kristi Noem: "Why is it that we don't have a farm bill?" said…
State Senator Frank Kloucek (D-19/Scotland) circulates the following note asking folks to thank USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack for opening up wetland CRP acres for haying and grazing. Various politicos may try to take credit for their letters and pressure to…
Governor Dennis Daugaard sees pine beetles as a "grave threat" to the Black Hills and has launched a state program to help landowners clear infested trees. Congresswoman Kristi Noem believes the beetles imperil health and human safety so much that…
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be on SDPB's Dakota Midday today (so will State Senator Angie Buhl! Go Angie!). Perhaps Paul Guggenheimer or some eager caller can ask Secretary Vilsack what cuts he would support to federally subsidized crop…