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August 15, 2025 – Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee sent Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins an eight-page ...
The proposal from Secretary Brooke Rollins calls for cutting 2,600 of the department's 4,600 jobs in the D.C. area and ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is restructuring its agency after a review of its operations showed it was “bloated” and “unsustainable.” Video above: Kansas City-area farmers feel impact of USDA ...
The changes are part of the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to cut down and streamline the federal workforce.
House Democrats raised alarms about what they said is a lack of communication on USDA's plans to relocate about 2,500 federal ...
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst feels the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recently announced reorganization efforts will be a "good ...
During Trump’s first administration, the USDA in 2019 moved two offices to Kansas City, triggering a mass exodus of government workers and a drop in productivity.
The move is reminiscent of a similar plan from Trump’s first presidency that crushed morale and hurt the agency for years to ...
Farmers who were promised funding through the federal Regional Food Business Centers have been left in limbo after the Trump ...
Corn futures plummeted following the reports’ releases. September corn tracked below $3.70 per bushel at midday, marking life-of-contract lows, while December corn was down more than 13¢ per bushel ...