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.
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 ...
Bird flu vaccine gets conditional license from USDA as egg prices spike
A vaccine could help stop the spread of bird flu in poultry after millions of birds have died from the virus in the past few ...
“Office lights off, door closed, No one home to help” Former USDA employees share experience post-layoffs
Last week thousands of federal employees were fired, hitting the United States Department of Agriculture offices in Ames ...
USDA suspends scholarship program at historically Black colleges, website shows
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved ...
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USDA: ‘About a dozen’ administrative jobs cut at federal research facility in Manhattan
Roughly a dozen employees were let go this month at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas, as part of the ongoing reduction of the federal workforce.
Former USDA workers warn cuts could harm RI farmers, groceries
Five former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees told 12 News they had worked for the federal agency’s Warwick ...
USDA fires 2,000 Forest Service employees amid budget constraints
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a statement regarding the firing of approximately 2,000 probationary, ...