Brooke Rollins

USDA layoffs and office consolidations are raising bipartisan concern in Congress.  Staffing levels could be pared by nearly 10% starting by early May, with the remaining staff relocated to three hubs around the country.  That’s according to briefed USDA officials, who are cited in a report by Government Executive, a government business news daily.   The layoffs and ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced $340.6 million in USDA disaster assistance to deliver relief to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities impacted by natural disasters that have caused devastation across the country.  Secretary Rollins is delivering critical aid through the USDA Disaster Assistance Fund to provide immediate relief to communities that have waited too long for the assistanc

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said easing restrictions for noncitizen farmworkers is a top priority, as labor shortages continue to strain farmers across the U.S.  Changes to the H-2A program and new legal pathways could offer relief soon.  The adm...

The Trump administration is planning to severely scale back or outright eliminate funding for many programs across the Agriculture Department, according to White House documents obtained, as it slashes workers and closes offices at the local level...

On Monday, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the cancelation of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities.  The move comes following, what the Ag Secretary called a thorough line-by-line review of each of the Biden-era partnerships; noting that the majority of the projects had sky-high administration fees, which in many instances provided less than half of the federal funding directly to

The White House and congressional lawmakers have begun discussing a tariff relief package.  The talks are starting as agricultural trade groups continue to warn elected officials about the economic repercussions of tariffs.   “We’re setting up the infrastructure that if, in fact, we have some short-term economic consequences for our farmers and ranchers, we’ll have programs in place to help,” Ag S

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says farmers and ranchers need a new five-year Farm Bill in 2025.   " has failed now to get through Congress the last two times under the Biden administration, and it is a very, very big priority of mine," Rollins said last week.  ...

Last week President Trump touted a drop in egg prices, crediting Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins.  Noting that Rollins got to work on the problem from day one, issuing $1 billion for biosecurity, vaccine research, and financial relief for farmers.   “...

On Thursday, members of Oregon’s congressional delegation sent a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins calling for USDA workers to return to the job.  The letter states the lawmakers are concerned about the Administration’s decision to terminate ARS workers in Corvallis, Newport, Burns, Pendleton, and Hood River.   “The United State...

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, Ranking Member of the Senate Ag Committee, led 25 colleagues in pressing the USDA for information about previously approved funding for food banks and other emergency providers.  USDA’s taking away funds from the Emergency Food Assistance Program, which the lawmakers said will hurt hungry Americans who already face high grocery prices and hurts American farmers get