Around 2,600 workers — more than half the Washington, D.C. workforce — will be moved to five hubs stretching from North Carolina to Utah, Rollins said. The union representing federal workers immediately criticized the plan as a ploy to cut federal jobs, pointing out that some 95% of the department’s employees already work outside Washington.

In her first six months, Donald Trump’s second agriculture secretary has altered the course of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She says prosperity is ‘just around the corner.’ But staffing cuts and restricted research could have long-lasting impacts.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the move to hubs will help save money and ensure the department is closer to the people it serves.

The US Department of Agriculture is set to dramatically shift its footprint, moving the majority of its Washington, DC-based staff to five regional hubs: Salt Lake City; Fort Collins, Colorado; Indianapolis;

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said a department reorganization will close many D.C. offices and push employees to five state "hubs."

Indiana’s capital city will serve as one of five new U.S. Department of Agriculture regional hubs, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Thursday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to slash its presence in the Washington, D.C., area by sending employees to five regional hubs, Secretary Brooke Rollins said Thursday.

The Agriculture Department will move most of its Washington-based employees outside the nation’s capital, the agency announced Thursday.