US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins unveiled plans for reorganization of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) after a review of the agency indicated a “bloated, expensive and unsustainable organization,

The United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, will close down a major portion of its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., moving some of the staffers to Northern Colorado.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated the Regional Food Business Centers program, which provided grant funding to Kansas farms and businesses.

Rollins named four pillars at the center of the reorganization: to ensure the size of USDA’s workforce aligns with available financial resources and agricultural priorities; to bring USDA closer to its customers;

A Trump administration reorganization of the Department of Agriculture would eliminate U.S. Forest Service regional headquarters and significantly change or eliminate some agency functions.

The USDA is on the ground in Kerr County and across the Hill Country to help farmers and ranchers recover from the July flooding. Agriculture producers in 16 Texas counties have until Sept. 11 to apply for federal assistance. Farms and ranches were flooded on both sides of the Guadalupe River, from Kerr County to Canyon Lake.

It is unclear how this may affect Raleigh's ARS office, which includes three units: Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research, Plant Science Research and Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that agricultural producers and private landowners can now enroll in the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program (Grassland CRP). The sign-up runs from July 14,

Downeast Community Partners announced its participation in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program, in a press release. Meals are available at no separate charge to all

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent As the Trump administration moves to eliminate key diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) protections at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,