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Welcome, and thank you all for being here today. We are here because we care deeply about the future of farming in this country. We have a shared responsibility to the future of agriculture in the United States: to provide for the American consumer and billions more around the world. To care for the...

Mr. Stallman: Well, good morning, everybody, and thank you, Dean. I think we can all be very proud of the work of the Foundation. Okay, folks. I'm going to go a little off script right now, and he does not know we're going to do this, but, Mr. Secretary, would you join me on stage, please. (Mr...

Good afternoon. I am pleased to be here this afternoon at the launch of the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba. I want to thank the National Press Club for hosting today's event, and welcome our distinguished guests, who are some of our nation's foremost leaders in advancing the interests of...

Thank you very much, thank you. Certainly is a pleasure to be here this afternoon. I apologize for being a few minutes late. But I was visiting with some important folks in the cattle industry and we were having an important conversation. But this is a great opportunity for us to put the focus and...

I would like to thank the U.S.-China Business Council, Mead Johnson Nutrition, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade for allowing me to speak on such an important theme today. I also want to applaud you for focusing attention on the...

SECRETARY VILSACK: Thank you very much. Thank you. Good Morning! Good Morning! Let me start off by uh…with an apology. You know I got up very early, but I do not have the level of enthusiasm you all have at this early in the morning. I don't know what coffee you're drinking or where you come from...

I certainly appreciate the opportunity to be here this morning, and appreciate the Chargé for making this opportunity available. And I appreciate the fact that I'm not going to have to work again in the garden. That is one of 2,000 People's Gardens that were started when I became Secretary, across...

Thank you very much for the opportunity to join you today. I'd like to thank Commissioner Cioloş and Minister Karasmanis for inviting me to address the Council this afternoon. I'm here today to talk about the role of agriculture in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks...

DEPUTY SECRETARY HARDEN: I just warned the Secretary that I had about a 20-minute introduction for him, and he gave me the look that maybe I wouldn't have my job if I used that, so I won't. But what I will say is that I think all of you would agree that as we face changing times, changing faces in...

REMARKS AS DELIVERED SECRETARY VILSACK: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. It's great to be back at Commodity Classic. And I want to start off this morning with a couple of thank you's to every single person in this audience and to producers around the country. You know, we...