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  Department of Agriculture
INCUMBENT
  PartyDemocratic
NameTom Vilsack
Won02/23/2021
Votes92 (92.93%)
Margin85 (+85.86%)
Term02/24/2021 - 01/20/2025
 Secretary of Rural Development    
Sub-Cabinet
  Deputy Secretary of Agriculture  Xochitl Torres Small 1 +82.61%
 Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights    
Cabinet DETAILS
Parents > United States > U.S. Executive  
Websitehttp://www.usda.gov/
Established February 15, 1889
Disbanded Still Active
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia April 28, 2020 07:59pm
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Mar 18, 2020 06:15pm Rule Change USDA fights to purge food stamps recipients despite pandemic  Article RP 
Oct 02, 2019 12:40pm Commentary U.S. Agriculture Secretary: Family farms might not survive  Article RP 
May 07, 2019 05:00am News Economists flee Agriculture Dept. after feeling punished under Trump  Article WA Indy 
Jan 17, 2019 10:40am Commentary Is Trump Trying To Politicize Agricultural Data? Some Former USDA Officials Suspect Yes.  Article RP 
Nov 18, 2018 03:15pm Report How Trump administration pressure to dump 4-H's LGBT policy led to Iowa leader's firing  Article IndyGeorgia 
Jul 20, 2017 03:40pm General Trump wants a talk-radio host to be the USDA’s chief scientist  Article RP 
Jan 30, 2017 10:00am Rule Change The US is turning away Mexican avocados at the border  Article RP 
Jul 20, 2010 08:45am Commentary The Shirley Sherrod Case: Media, and White House, Fall for Another False Rightwing 'Scandal'   Article Servo 
Jul 20, 2010 05:00am Scandal USDA employee resigns over statements about white farmer  Article Jason 
Jan 14, 2009 01:00am General Woman allegedly runs prostitution businesses from USDA computer  Article RBH 
Nov 25, 2008 09:00am News USDA helps millionaires get millions   Article Servo 
Jul 23, 2007 05:00pm General USDA sent $1.1B to deceased farmers  Article DFWDem 
Sep 26, 2005 09:00pm General Nearly one-third of Farm Service Agency offices targeted for closure  Article RP 
Jun 16, 2005 04:25am General USDA plants its own news - Critics liken radio, TV spots to propaganda; agency defends use  Article RP 
Dec 23, 2003 12:00am News Suspected Case Of Mad Cow Disease Found Near Yakima  Article Servo 
Sep 18, 2002 07:49pm General Veneman Announces She Has Breast Cancer  Article RP 

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