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Tonsager to move on from Rural Development

The director of USDA Rural Development is stepping down. After 12 years in leadership positions at USDA, Dallas Tonsager says he is moving on to the next chapter of his life. Ag Secretary Vilsack says Tonsager’s efforts as Under Secretary for Rural Development “have helped increase opportunity for thousands of rural families, businesses and communities.”  Tonsager oversees a staff of five-thousand people in the rural development division.