Vilsack says farmers, rural areas instrumental to military

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says declining rural populations have had a significant impact on the country’s military. “I think we all should be deeply concerned that for the first time in a while, our military is now indicating they can’t meet their recruitment goals,” he says. During the recent Growth Energy Biofuels Summit, Vilsack […]

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