Mass federal firings hit agriculture agencies
Firing local FSA loan officers is not only a waste of taxpayer investment in their training, producers will lose the ...
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Ohio farmers can apply for $10 million in drought relief now
Farmers in 28 counties in southeastern Ohio can apply for state drought relief funding from the Ohio Department of ...
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Grabbing the electric fence for no reason: The damaging shock to the farm economy in the Trump Administration’s first month
The Trump Administration's funding freezes and mass firings of USDA staff will cause widespread harm and chaos in the farm ...
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Mass firings strike USDA across agencies, including field staff
The Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary federal employees has swept out workers across USDA, including loan ...
US agriculture secretary calls for federal action on foreign farm ownership
The new Department of Agriculture head tells Breitbart News that seeking a federal solution to ban China from purchasing US ...
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Firings, suspended contracts dig into USDA services
Forest and rural communities are bracing for impacts from the Trump administration’s weekend terminations and drive to shrink ...
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$10 million in drought relief funding available to Ohio farmers
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has announced the sign-up period for farmers to apply for state drought relief ...
USDA probationary staff fired at three agencies, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has fired probationary staff at two U.S. Department of Agriculture research ...
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USDA aligns deadlines, streamlining delivery of livestock disaster assistance programs
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency updated three livestock disaster assistance programs to synchronize deadlines and streamline program delivery. The changes take effect for the 2024 ...
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USDA Terminates Thousands of Workers
USDA has reportedly laid off thousands of employees, and the effects on services to farmers and on key agency functions ...
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USDA positioned to hit the ground running, say Trump 1.0 vets
The Trump administration is getting off to a much faster start in putting its team into place at USDA than was the case eight ...
Local Briefs
Saturday Techstars Startup Weekend arrives in Friday and continues through Saturday at the Shawnee State University Kricker Innovation Hub. The weekend is a 54-hour program open to all where aspiring ...