USDA rushing to rescind mistaken firings of key bird flu response personnel
Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying ...
USDA says it will release $20 million of frozen farmer funds
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that ...
USDA investigating University of Maine for state’s alleged Title IX violations
USDA notified the University of Maine System of the investigation in a letter addressed to the Office of Governor Janet Mills ...
Brooke Rollins, 52, is second woman to be confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture
Rollins is just the second woman to head the agency. Ann Veneman of California was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of ...
USDA announces Title IX investigation into UMaine
The announcement comes a day after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights launched an investigation into ...
USDA tries to reverse mistaken firing of bird flu response workers
The government overhaul has raised concerns about public health and the future of the United States’ vast scientific research ...
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USDA trying to rehire employees working on bird flu
19 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to ... as part of the Trump administration's mass federal firings. The USDA said it was reaching out to employees working on bird flu ...
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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
Several agencies within the Agriculture Department play a role in responding to the outbreak, including the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Company says it received conditional approval for bird flu vaccine from US Department of Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture last week issued a conditional license for an avian flu vaccine for use in chickens, as an ...
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NFU statement on USDA’s release of paused funding
WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union President Rob Larew made the following statement about the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
USDA initiates 'compliance review' of UMaine over Trump's executive order
The inquiry is being conducted because of what the USDA describes as the state's "blatant disregard" of a recent executive ...
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.