Secretary Vilsack Speaks To The Press
Posted: January 26, 2009
Our new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, just completed his inaugural teleconference with the media. With opening and closing statements and Q&A, it’s about 50 minutes long. I’m betting we’ll hear a lot about it over the next couple days.
Of course there is a lot in it for corn growers and anyone involved in agriculture to be interested in. You can listen to and even download the full call-in on AgWired at this link.
One piece I pulled out that you might find interesting is on the Secretary’s answer to a question about increasing the blend cap for ethanol. A reporter asked if sound science and data supports an expansion of the ethanol blending cap. He didn’t really directly answer that but said that USDA would support accelerating research on ethanol production and promoting second and third generation feedstocks.
You can listen to the Secretary’s answer to that question here: