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Mass terminations have cut USDA ‘off at the knees,’ ex-employees say
Fired USDA employees said terminations have stalled irrigation projects, rural housing aid and efforts to combat invasive ...
Brownfield Ag News1h
Potential consequences of USDA funding freeze and layoffs
The president of Iowa Farmers Union is concerned government funding freezes and layoffs will have short and long-term ...
Investigate Midwest2h
Farmers depend on climate data. They’re suing the USDA for deleting it.
This story was originally published by Grist. In late January, the director of digital communications at the U.S. Department ...
New USDA secretary says farmers could get $31B in economic, disaster aid by mid-March
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says USDA is working to send $31B in economic, disaster aid to farmers, acknowledging 'a lot of ...
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USDA to implement $1B strategy to lower egg prices, curb bird flu
The five-pronged plan, which includes vaccine research and temporary import options, comes after the agency was hit hard by ...
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Mass layoffs at USDA leave an uncertain future for researchers and rural areas
Employees at U.S. Department of Agriculture research facilities across the Midwest have lost their jobs as part of the Trump ...
USDA details new plan to tackle bird flu and lower egg prices
Soaring egg prices have consumers boiling, and on Wednesday, the United States Department of Agriculture blamed rising costs ...
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USDA’s automations taking some of the burden out of HR work
Brian Mohr, USDA’s the enterprise automation program manager, said over the past year, the agency developed 15 new automations mostly for HR processes.