Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined U.S. Representatives Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.-23) and Joe Courtney (D-Conn.-02) in leading their colleagues in the bicameral, bipartisan introduction of the Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act, legislation that supports the…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said during a visit to Mexico’s top avocado-producing state that Mexican avocado exporters “shouldn’t have the opportunity to sell those avocados to the United States market.” The Governor of Michoacán added that Mexico will soon implement…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing this week, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack to help Vermont farmers impacted by natural disasters like this summer’s brutal flooding and May freeze. He discussed the need to…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Ahead of the Super Bowl—which marks the largest day of consumption of avocados in America—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Trade Representative…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the announcement of over $220,000 in combined federal grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development office to support rural housing rehabilitation across Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and Windsor and Windham counties. The…