The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

Erickson pointed out that Fort Collins’ locality rate is 30.52 percent, resulting in almost no payroll savings. And although Salt Lake City’s locality rate is 17.06 percent, Utah’s public land is ...

The plan, released last week by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would eliminate the Forest Service’s nine regional ...

Rollins said USDA may fill vacant positions with people based in the areas of Salt Lake City; Fort Collins, Colorado; ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. “President ...

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy ...

The department says it will relocate more than half of its Washington, D.C., staff to five hubs around the country, as well ...

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received assurance from Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden that U.S. Department of Agriculture officials will work with Congress as they flesh ...

The California Avocado Commission is applauding a recent move by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restructure key components of ...

USDA's proposed reorganization will make the department's work more challenging, with a "accomplish less with less" approach, ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls the USDA reorganization a "half-baked plan." Sen. Adam Schiff questions whether it will help farmers ...

Ark., and the ranking member, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, have called for a hearing on USDA’s reorganization plan. Klobuchar ...