The changes are part of the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to cut down and streamline the federal workforce.

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 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 says it plans to relocate thousands of employees to five offices around the country. But the Trump administration's previous plan to move staff to Kansas City, back ...

House Democrats raised alarms about what they said is a lack of communication on USDA's plans to relocate about 2,500 federal ...

Temperature-controlled warehouse operator Americold announced it has opened a $100-million-plus import-export hub in Kansas City, Missouri.

USDA's deputy secretary told lawmakers he doesn’t expect upcoming relocations will lead to significantly more employees ...

More than half of the USDA's employees will relocate to regional hubs around the country, including Kansas City. The regional hubs were selected with cost of living in mind.

The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

In 2019, the Kansas City region won a bid to relocate the USDA’s Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. At the time, the relocation impacted roughly 600 jobs.

The move is reminiscent of a similar plan from Trump’s first presidency that crushed morale and hurt the agency for years to ...

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.