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Sixty farm and food groups, along with others, are urging Congress to block a proposed move of Department of Agriculture agencies out of the Washington, D.C. area.  The group penned a letter to leaders of the House and Senate agricultural appropriations subcommittees requesting they protect the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.   ...

The USDA says more than 130 cities, including several here in the Northwest, have expressed interest in hosting USDA agencies that would move from Washington D.C. as part of a controversial reorganization plan.  USDA says 136 communities in 35 states are interested in becoming the new homes of the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.  In Augu...

A coalition of agriculture leaders is urging the Trump Administration to reconsider a plan to reorganize and relocate USDA agencies.  Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced in August that the department's National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Economic Research would be moved out of Washington, DC, to save money and be closer to the agricultural community.   ...

More than 1,100 scientists and economists penned a letter opposing the Trump administration proposal to realign and relocate programs within the USDA.  The group is opposed to the USDA plan to move the Economic Research Service under the Office of the Chief Economist and to relocate most of the positions in ERS and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of the Washington metropolitan a

Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are expressing concerns over the Department of Agriculture’s reorganization plans.  Senators Pat Roberts and Debbie Stabenow wrote Secretary Sonny Perdue recently, noting that stakeholders have expressed concerns over the USDA plan to place economics functions under the Office of the Secretary and to move most of the employees of the Economic Research Se

Land-grant universities and other organizations are expressing concerns over the administration’s plan to move Department of Agriculture agencies out of the nation’s capital.  USDA recently announced it will move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington, D.C., to a more “cost-e...

On Thursday, the USDA announced it would move some jobs out of Washington, D.C. under a realignment plan.  The agency says the moves are intended to “improve customer service, strengthen offices and programs, and save taxpayer dollars.”  As per the a...