Tom Vilsack’s next job will bring him home to Iowa. The former governor, stepping down after serving as secretary of agriculture in the Biden administration, will become the Des Moines-based World ...

Tom Vilsack speaks at the Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue at the Iowa Events Center Oct. 24, 2023. (Photo by Scott Morgan / World Food Prize Foundation) Tom Vilsack will return to Iowa as CEO ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is headed back to the state to lead the World Food Prize ...

The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association is calling for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to resign in the wake of a fiasco that saw USDA employee Shirley Sherrod fired unnecessarily late ...

Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack will exit from his role as U.S. Agriculture Secretary in three weeks with the second-longest tenure as the nation’s top ag official. “It’s been a tremendous honor and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. INDIANOLA — With large farm operations dominating agriculture and small, family farms growing ever ...

Was mentioned as a possible running mate for John Kerry during the 2004 presidential election process. Adopted as an infant from an orphanage. Ran for mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, after his ...

BOONE, Iowa — Announcing progress within USDA and the agricultural industry as a whole was the first main focus of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s speech during the Farm Progress Show in Boone, ...

During an antitrust conference hosted by the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the need for more efforts to promote competitive markets in the ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s fairly confident that Congress will succeed in either passing an extension to the 2018 farm bill or finish up work on a new one by the end of the year in ...

Adding another former rival to his administration, Barack Obama has nominated former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to be the next secretary of agriculture. Vilsack was not an ideal choice for advocates of ...