USDA rushing to rescind mistaken firings of key bird flu response personnel
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying ...
USDA says it will release $20 million of frozen farmer funds
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that ...
USDA lifts Trump freeze on some funding owed to farmers, vast majority remains on hold
A sliver of the money the USDA owes farmers is released after a Trump administration freeze. But much more remains in limbo, ...
Brooke Rollins, 52, is second woman to be confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture
Rollins is just the second woman to head the agency. Ann Veneman of California was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of ...
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USDA layoffs leave research, along with chickens, cows and bison, in the lurch
The USDA National Centers for Animal Health in Ames is at the forefront of livestock research, foreign disease diagnostics ...
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USDA suspends scholarship for students attending TSU and other land grant HBCUs
The US Department of Agriculture’s website shows they’ve suspended a scholarship program for students who enroll at Tennessee ...
USDA investigating University of Maine for state’s alleged Title IX violations
USDA notified the University of Maine System of the investigation in a letter addressed to the Office of Governor Janet Mills ...
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes ...
USDA initiates 'compliance review' of UMaine over Trump's executive order
The inquiry is being conducted because of what the USDA describes as the state's "blatant disregard" of a recent executive ...
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.