Deputy Secretary, Department of Agriculture
Stephen A. Vaden
Second Trump administration.
- Assets disclosed
- $4.5M to $14M
- Outside pay
- Not stated
- Trades disclosed
- 24
- In office since
- Jul 2025
Assets disclosed: on the 2026 annual filing. The values on Vaden’s latest financial disclosure to the Office of Government Ethics, added up as ranges, because the form gives ranges and never exact values.
Outside pay: no exact amount on the nominee form, filed 2025. The latest form gives no pay outside the public salary as an exact amount, which is not the same as none.
Trades disclosed: Jan 2025 to Feb 2026. Transactions on 278-T reports and annual reports, which include a spouse’s and dependent children’s.
In office since: took office Jul 7, 2025.
Start date: the cabinet record.
Largest holdings
On the 2026 annual filing
- Farm Land 3, Fulton County, KY$1M to $5M
- Farm Land 1, Obion County, TN$500K to $1M
- Farm Land 2, Obion County, TN$500K to $1M
- Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX)$250K to $500K
- VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS S&P 500 ETF SHS NEW (VOO)$250K to $500K
- Assets listedEach with a value range
- 126
- Without a valueListed with no dollar range
- 7
Trades
Disclosed on periodic and annual reports, by year
- Bought50% of trades
- 12
- Sold50% of trades
- 12
0 of the 6 trades with a filing date to check were reported after 45 days plus any extension the filing states. The other 18 carry no filing date that can be checked.
The executive financial disclosure reports the official’s transactions together with those of a spouse and dependent children, and does not mark which is which. These trades are shown as disclosed. They should not be read as the official personally trading.
What was traded
- Individual stock
67% of trades
16 - Funds and ETFs
33% of trades
8
Past the deadline
0
Of the 6 trades with a filing date to check, after 45 days plus any extension the filing states
Estimated volume
$52K
The forms give each trade as a range of dollars. This adds the low end of every range, so the real volume is at least this and could be much more.
Net worth
Reported as ranges, so no single net worth
- Disclosed assets
- $4.5M to $14M
- Disclosed liabilities
- None disclosed
A net worth for Stephen A. Vaden cannot be computed from this filing: values are given as ranges, some items carry no value, and a home kept for personal use is not reported.
- Disclosed assets:
- as ranges on 126 line items, plus 7 without a dollar value
- Disclosed liabilities:
- none reported on this filing
These are the lower and upper bounds of the ranges on the filing, not a market valuation. Assets and liabilities are shown separately and are never netted into a net worth. How these bands are read
Kept since Oct 16, 2026. Federal law generally requires a filing to be destroyed six years after it was received, unless it is needed in an ongoing investigation.
Disclosures: Office of Government Ethics, read through Oct 24, 2026. Latest filing: 2026 annual filing.
Holdings
On the 2026 annual filing, largest range first
- Farm Land 3, Fulton County, KY$1M to $5M
- Farm Land 1, Obion County, TN$500K to $1M
- Farm Land 2, Obion County, TN$500K to $1M
- Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX)$250K to $500K
- VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS S&P 500 ETF SHS NEW (VOO)$250K to $500K
These are the lower and upper bounds of the ranges on the filing, not a market valuation. Assets and liabilities are shown separately and are never netted into a net worth. How these bands are read
Kept since Oct 16, 2026. Federal law generally requires a filing to be destroyed six years after it was received, unless it is needed in an ongoing investigation.
Disclosures: Office of Government Ethics, read through Oct 24, 2026. Latest filing: 2026 annual filing.
Trades
24 disclosed transactions, Jan 2025 to Feb 2026
What was traded
- Individual stock
67% of trades
16 - Funds and ETFs
33% of trades
8
Past the deadline
0
Of the 6 trades with a filing date to check, after 45 days plus any extension the filing states
Estimated volume
$52K
The forms give each trade as a range of dollars. This adds the low end of every range, so the real volume is at least this and could be much more.
Disclosed transactions
Newest first, five a page, each with its filing
Unspecified, every row
24 disclosed transactions, 18 of them only in the annual report. Amounts are ranges, never exact, and every row links to the official filing.
0 of the 6 trades with a filing date to check were reported after 45 days plus any extension the filing states. The other 18 carry no filing date that can be checked.
The executive financial disclosure reports the official’s transactions together with those of a spouse and dependent children, and does not mark which is which. These trades are shown as disclosed. They should not be read as the official personally trading.
Disclosures: Office of Government Ethics, read through Oct 24, 2026. Latest filing: 2026 annual filing.