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USDA Is Fast-Tracking Requests to Yank Soda from Food-Stamps Program
The Agriculture Department is fast-tracking state requests to yank soda and candy from food-stamp programs. Arkansas and ...
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American Farmers and the USDA Had Finally Embraced Their Role in the Climate Crisis. Then Came the Federal Funding Freeze
For two decades, farmer John Burk has been working to improve the soil on his farm in Michigan, taking a few extra steps to ...
USDA abruptly halts $59 million grant to University of Idaho
The termination puts Idaho officials in the position of trying to find ways to help the 26 grad students and others who were relying on jobs tied to the grant.
Trump cuts are ending USDA efforts to curb historic discrimination against Black farmers
Brooke Rollins, Trump’s secretary of agriculture, rescinded all diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the agency on her first day in office. She also canceled more than $132 million in ...
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Suspense mounts at USDA as staff cuts and restructuring loom
Forest Service firefighters from Porterville, California, clear away downed branches from a home that burned in the Eaton ...
Source: Workers key to bird flu response taking USDA buyouts, may strain agency's efforts
A source says USDA employees who worked on bird flu response have accepted incentives to leave the agency, which could strain ...
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USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping
Thousands of schools, farmers and food pantries in the Midwest and Great Plains planned on federal dollars over the next year ...
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USDA cuts concerning for animal health services
Missouri’s state veterinarian says reductions in USDA staff will affect the animal health industry. Steve Strubberg says ...
Arkansas asks USDA to let it ban soda, candy from food stamps program
Arkansas on Tuesday became the first state to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow it to ban soda and candy from ...
Government Executive2d
White House pitches layoffs, local office closures and program eliminations at USDA
The Trump administration is planning to severely scale back or outright eliminate funding for many programs across the ...