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US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins unveiled plans for reorganization of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) after a review of the agency indicated a “bloated, expensive and unsustainable organization,
The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated the Regional Food Business Centers program, which provided grant funding to Kansas farms and businesses.
The US Department of Agriculture has named Raleigh as one of five new hubs, part of a plan to relocate federal workers from Washington, D.C. USDA
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The United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, will close down a major portion of its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., moving some of the staffers to Northern Colorado.
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A Trump administration reorganization of the Department of Agriculture would eliminate U.S. Forest Service regional headquarters and significantly change or eliminate some agency functions.
The USDA is on the ground in Kerr County and across the Hill Country to help farmers and ranchers recover from the July flooding. Agriculture producers in 16 Texas counties have until Sept. 11 to apply for federal assistance. Farms and ranches were flooded on both sides of the Guadalupe River, from Kerr County to Canyon Lake.
The United States Department of Agriculture will reorganize, refocusing core operations to support American farming, ranching and forestry, the USDA announced.
Produce Perks supports more than 150 farms, markets and grocers in Ohio. Some are concerned about the future of the program after more than $5 million in USDA funding for the program was clawed back.
Stephen Vaden, who was sworn in July 7 and will lead the reorganization effort, should expect sharp questions Wednesday from the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, which hastily called the hearing after the USDA announced the plan without first informing lawmakers.
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six people — including a fraud investigator with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) — for allegedly orchestrating “one of the largest food stamp scams in U.S. history,” siphoning tens of millions from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).