Farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze
By P.J. Huffstutter, Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek CHICAGO/WASHINGTON - Nate Powell-Palm, an organic farmer outside Belgrade, ...
She’s on a Scholarship at a Tribal College in Wisconsin. The Trump Administration Suspended the USDA Grant That Funded It.
Tribal colleges and universities, which ProPublica last year found are perpetually underfunded by Congress, say it’s illegal ...
USDA eliminates two food safety advisory committees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two committees that advise it on food safety, the agency said on Friday, ...
USDA Eliminates Two Food Safety Advisory Committees, Members Say
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two committees that advise it on food safety ...
USDA reinstates 1890 scholarship that helps Mississippi HBCU students study farming, food
The USDA reopened applications for the 1890 Scholars Program. It aims to train new Black farmers, food workers and helps HBCU ...
USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated, workers’ board says
A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of ...
US board reinstates thousands of USDA employees fired by Trump administration
A U.S. board that reviews the firings of federal employees on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ...
Trump admin. directed to reinstate nearly 6,000 fired USDA employees
An independent federal board has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reinstate nearly 6,000 employees fired last ...
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USDA to measure fruit, cranberry, berry production
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its end of season surveys for the 2024 non-citrus tree fruit, cranberry and berry production. The ...
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USDA rolls out $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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Mid-South farmers grapple with uncertainty of USDA funding freeze, layoffs
Mississippi farmers face mounting uncertainty as a federal funding freeze and layoffs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
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Nearly 6,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now
The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, ...