Tom Vilsack

President-elect Donald Trump plans to pick former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to lead the Agriculture Department, a transition official and a source…

The country's top agriculture official, Tom Vilsack, is declining to comment on some of the largest mergers the farm economy has ever seen.Possible deals…

Blake Hurst rides ten feet above his soybean field in northern Missouri, looking more like he's playing a video game than driving a $350,000 high-tech…

It’s planting time for Midwest farmers and much of the corn they grow will end up feeding livestock in China, which has become a huge importer of grain…

Rules that require more information on meat labels may be on the outs.U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack seemed to signal for the first time Friday…

The Farm Bill was passed in February. But now, piece by piece, it’s taking effect. We’re beginning to see how parts of the farm bill are doing more to…

Recognizing that the demand for local food is growing to between $5 and 7 billion a year, the USDA announced a new effort aimed at connecting farmers with…

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is urging Congress to send a farm bill to President Obama’s desk.At a summit in Ames sponsored by the Iowa Farm…

All counties in Illinois have been designated as “primary disaster areas” due to drought.USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said the designations came at the…