Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today vigorously defended the Trump administration’s proposal to reorganize the Agriculture Department at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. “President ...

The Agriculture Department received backlash from Democratic senators regarding the decision to decentralize and relocate Washington-based employees.

A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official defended the agency's reorganization plan during a Senate committee hearing on Wednesday, contending the department's proposal will reduce costs and ...

(The Center Square) – With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden about why Congress wasn’t notified ...

The U.S. Forest Service will abandon its nine regional offices as its parent Department of Agriculture consolidates out of Washington, D.C., according to a memo released on Thursday by Agriculture ...

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden staunchly defended USDA’s reorganization plan at the Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday, saying it would make the department more efficient and allow ...

The plan is not yet finalized and still subject to change, USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden repeatedly stressed to members ...

Sami Dridi, a poultry science professor and researcher with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, was recently elected second vice president of the Poultry Science Association board of ...

North Carolina’s capital is one of five U.S. cities that will gain hubs as the USDA downsizes and shifts staff from its ...

The vast reorganization announced last week by Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins received mostly negative reviews from current and ...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls the USDA reorganization a “half-baked plan.” Sen. Adam Schiff questions whether it will help farmers ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to relocate thousands of Washington, D.C., employees to five regional hubs ...