Former Iowa governor and two-time U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will become the CEO of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation, the organization announced Tuesday. Paul ...

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.

NWS can infest livestock, pets, wildlife, occasionally birds, and in rare cases, people. A letter sent Friday by outgoing USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture Julio Antonio ...

Both the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the National Milk Producers Federation signed on to the letter. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai were among the ...

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 ...

DES MOINES — Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack is headed back to Iowa to lead the World Food Prize Foundation after stepping down as U.S. Agriculture Secretary under former President Joe Biden.

DES MOINES, Iowa — On Tuesday, the World Food Prize announced that after former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad prepares to retire as the Foundation's president, another former Iowa governor, Tom Vilsack ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will assume the role of CEO on on March 1, 2025, the World Food Prize Foundation announced Tuesday. "The World Food Prize Foundation has ...