Veneman, 51, was a high-ranking official in the Agriculture Department under former President George Bush. She headed California’s agriculture agency under former Gov. Pete Wilson and had been ...

President Bush yesterday nominated Edward T. Schafer, who served two terms as governor of North Dakota, to head the Department of Agriculture, an agency with a broad mandate including ...

President George W. Bush intends to nominate Mark Keenum to to be Agriculture undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, the White House said on Monday.

FIRST ON FOX: A top official in President George W. Bush's administration, who made history as the nation's first female Department of Agriculture secretary, is the latest leading Republican to ...