Background
Tonsager, Dallas P. was born in 1954.
Tonsager, Dallas P. was born in 1954.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural, South Dakota State University, 1976.
Co-owner Plainview Farm, Oldham, South Dakota. South Dakota state rural development director United States Department of Agriculture, 1993—2001. Executive director South Dakota Value-Added Agriculture Development Center, 2002—2004.
Under secretary for rural development United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, since 2009. President South Dakota Farmers Union, 1988—1993. Board member Green Thumb, Inc., 1988—1993, National Farmers Union Insurance, 1989—1993.
Member advisory board Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1990—1993. Board member Farm Credit Administration, since 2004. Board directors Farm Credit Systems Insurance Corporation, since 2004, Commodity Credit Corporation, since 2010.
Former board member Lutheran Social Services, South Dakota.
Married Sharon Tonsager. Children: Keith, Joshua.