Bob Burgdorfer
Policy editor Jacqui Fatka sat down for an exit interview with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in February 2016 at the end of this nearly eight years with the Obama administration. He has been nominated to return to USDA under the Biden administration. How we may see Tom Vilsack look to defend agriculture, climate, nutrition and USDA organization.
Farmers like predictability, and we may see that at USDA. But it may not be exactly what you expect.
With the official word (finally) Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden was asking his long-time friend Tom Vilsack to return to his post at the agriculture secretary, farmers have some comfort knowing they’ve got an advocate on their side heading into 2021. But I don’t expect he’ll do things the exact same as he left it four years ago, but Vilsack’s actions do offer great insight.