Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack is encouraging other nations to join the US in a “coalition for productivity growth”.
Vilsack says production doesn’t have to suffer from utilizing climate-smart practices. “There are multiple ways, effective ways, right ways, value-driven ways to get to that goal,” he says. “And our system works well for our farmers. And there are a lot of other countries that feel similarly, which is why I think there is an interest in this coalition for productivity growth.
He says the effort is a response to the European Union’s Farm-to-Fork strategy which seeks drastic reductions in the use of pesticides and fertilizers.
