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Trump’s USDA to scatter half its Washington staff to field offices. Critics see a ploy to cut jobs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to move thousands of employees out of Washington, D.C., aiming to save money and ...
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USDA to relocate more than half of D.C. area employees under reorganization plan

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said the agency is not carrying out large-scale layoffs, but may pursue "focused and limited" ...
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USDA's D.C. shutdown could hurt rural America amid SNAP cuts, tariffs, Klobuchar warns

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) warned that the U.S. Department of Agriculture shuttering most of its Washington, D.C. operations ...
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USDA asks employees to transfer to 'critical' vacancies, suggests more cuts coming

The administration is asking employees “to help the agency with no guarantee of protection in the future," one staffer says.

USDA to relocate HQ and 2,600 staff from DC in major reorganization

USDA will move the majority of its D.C. staff in phases to five hubs across the country in a move it claims is to lower the ...

USDA Cuts Food Business Centers Supporting Black Farmers

Over the past seven months, Kenneth Sparks lost at least five federal grants as a result of cancellations and funding freezes ...

Kansas City named one of 5 USDA regional hubs as agency begins reorganization process

More than half of the USDA's employees will relocate to regional hubs around the country, including Kansas City. The regional ...