USDA, Trump and probationary workers
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More than 5,000 USDA workers fired by Trump ordered back to work for now
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USDA employees fired en masse by Trump administration reinstated, workers’ board says
Watchdog seeks to halt more than 5,000 Trump administration firings at USDA
The watchdog — who is himself fighting to save his own job — says the mass terminations at the Department of Agriculture violated civil service protections.
Rollins stated in the editorial this week that the USDA will make a $1 billion investment to lower the price of eggs in the country.
A US bird flu epidemic has resulted in the deaths of tens-of-millions of poultry and strained the country's egg supply.
A U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the agency's funding for the University of Maine could compromise research on biofuels, vegetables, and "forever chemicals" that have been polluting the state,
The Trump administration is reportedly trying to rehire USDA officials it fired over the weekend, who worked on the bird flu response.
As cuts are made across the federal government, farmers in Wyoming have been left with some uncertainties related to the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In a new op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, US Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins outlined a new strategy she says will mitigate the spread of bird flu and lower the price of eggs — a signature issue of the 2024 election.
After just days of suspending the 1890 Scholars Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened it for prospective agriculture students.
Key Takeaways
Many USDA researchers working in the Northwest are fired, worked on everything from hops to potatoes
Francisco Gonzalez, a 36-year-old research horticulturist, lost his job at the U.S. Department of Agriculture just before completing his three-year probationary period. This is part of a broader trend under the Trump administration where many federal workers were dismissed.
After DOGE canceled a lease for USDA's Risk Management Agency regional office in Topeka, the building owner called it an example of government waste.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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