Tuesday, July 20, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks renewable energy, farm issues in Wooster

Courtesy of Chris Kick of the Farm & Daily.

WOOSTER, Ohio –Touting a new agriculture and a new economy for America, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Rep. John Boccieri, D-Alliance, spent the afternoon of July 19 touring some of the accomplishments at Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

Their trip began with an introduction to the newly installed swing-10 milking unit at the Agricultural Technical Institute’s dairy barn — a $250,000 gift to the ATI from Dairymaster-USA.

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