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It may not be just a few USDA offices moving out of D.C., if a pair of senators have their wish.  Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation last week to move the Department of Agriculture to Missouri.  Joined by Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republicans seek to move the headquarters of USDA to Missouri and the Department of Education to Tennessee.  However...

Washington State University is one of four organizations that will receive federal funds to help those in the agriculture community deal with stress.  On Tuesday, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced that WSU was awarded $1.92 m...

Washington State University is one of four organizations that will receive federal funds to help those in the agriculture community deal with stress.  On Tuesday, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced that WSU was awarded $1.92 m...

Farmers may not be familiar with the Agriculture Department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture by its name.  But as director Scott Angle points out,  that most relate to this industry on a local or regional level.   “It's the primary extramural funding agency for agricultural research teaching extension,” Angle said.  “So they're land grant u...

Farmers may not be familiar with the Agriculture Department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture by its name.  But as director Scott Angle points out,  that most relate to this industry on a local or regional level.   “It's the primary extramural funding agency for agricultural research teaching extension,” Angle said.  “So they're land grant u...

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture Thursday announced $11 million in research funds for specialty crop farmers.  The USDA says the funding will focus on applying innovative solutions to pest management problems “that often are otherwise not available to specialty crop farmers.”   The in...

Senator Debbie Stabenow wants the Trump Administration to explain its plans to fill jobs for Department of Agriculture agencies moving to the Kansas City metro area. Last week, Stabenow sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue seeking more information on how the move will delay operations at the Economic Research Service and National Institute for Food and Agriculture...

Many Department of Agriculture employees refuse to relocate as part of a plan to move two agencies to Kansas City.   At the Economic Research Service, 72 employees accepted relocation, and 99 declined or did not provide a response by the deadline on Monday.  At...

An organization representing agricultural economists says a relocation effort by the USDA will cost taxpayers. The Agricultural and Applied Economics Association claims the plan by Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue would cost taxpayers $83 to $182 million dollars, instead of saving them $300 million as USDA claims...

Employees of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture joined the Economic Research Service in a vote to unionize, according to Agri-Pulse. The vote comes as the USDA within the next few weeks is expected to announce the proposed sites for the agencies as part of its plan to relocate the two...