USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated, workers’ board says
A workers’ board is reinstating – at least temporarily – almost 6,000 fired probationary workers from the Department of ...
KCUR12 天
Mass layoffs at USDA leave an uncertain future for researchers and rural areas
Employees at U.S. Department of Agriculture research facilities across the Midwest have lost their jobs as part of the Trump ...
Mother Jones18 天
USDA Layoffs Are Wasting Public Money and Decimating Popular Programs
This work was being carried out in part by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), two of the scientific sub-agencies hit heavily by the ...
Agri-Pulse18 天
Fired USDA scientists being hired back, but they may lack critical support staff
USDA is rehiring scientists in the Agricultural Research Service who were summarily fired because they had not completed probationary periods, according to union representatives. Skye Carpenter ...
Trump administration lays off USDA scientists at Fresno County grape-breeding program
Far-reaching federal budget cuts have put a longstanding California grape breeding program in jeopardy after key members of ...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." ...
Colorado bees, crops could fail without federally published data, beekeepers say
Colorado’s beekeepers are pleading with legislators to help alleviate what a state association called “unprecedented nationwide challenges in honey bee (livestock) health.” ...