Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA has approved a conditional commitment for a $25 million guaranteed loan to build a biorefinery plant in Blairstown, Iowa, with funding support from USDA's Biorefinery Assistance Program. Read More...

In a series of events that could be considered related to President Barack Obama’s campaign for re-election, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack traveled to Chicago on Monday to talk civil rights and promote biofuels, and continued on to St. Paul today to unveil a conservation program while the USDA released a report on rural development. Read More...

HONOLULU — U.S. Navy boats taking tourists to visit the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor are powered by biodiesel, and if Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Navy officials are right, this is the beginning of the U.S. military’s shift from petroleum to biofuels. Read More...