The surprise reorg announcement last week was a flash point at a hearing Thursday, where senators expressed displeasure about ...

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

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 ...

His bill would let huge corporate agricultural interests — like China-owned Smithfield Food — outcompete most small farmers.

A top U.S. Department of Agriculture official defended the agency's reorganization plan during a Senate committee hearing on ...

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

With the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announcing a major reorganization plan, lawmakers met to grill Deputy ...

Ahead of a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s plans to reorganize the Agriculture Department, two former officials and a prominent professor of food studies ...

Expanding rural extension programs beyond agriculture could help universities balance needs between rural and urban communities.