The World Food Prize Foundation, Des Moines, Iowa, has appointed Tom Vilsack as CEO beginning March 1. As CEO, Vilsack will ...

Here's what to know about Tom Vilsack, who will become the new president of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation.

The Iowa Farmers Union taps Matt Russell, former state chief of the USDA Farm Service Agency, as interim director, replacing ...

He has served two terms as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and two terms as governor of Iowa, in addition to involvement with several organizations focused on agricultural trade and sustainable food ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the following statement Wednesday regarding the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) review of former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack’s ...

Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Agriculture secretary, speaks during her Senate Agriculture, Nutrition ...

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 ...

According to APHIS, New World screwworm (NWS) is a devastating pest. When NWS fly larvae (maggots) burrow into the flesh of a living animal, they cause serious, often deadly damage to the animal.