WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced the publication in the Federal Register of new proposed guidelines for the USDA BioPreferred program that could expand the ability of USDA to designate biobased products for federal purchase.
USDA is proposing to allow for the designation of intermediate ingredients such as fibers, resins and chemicals so that the products made from them could more easily be designated for preferred federal procurement.
Vilsack said, "These proposed guidelines are another example of the way the BioPreferred program is being tailored to supplement production of products from new farm-based sources, supporting economic expansion, and. . .
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