Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/2/18


More than 1,100 scientists and economists are opposing Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s proposed USDA reorganization that relocates the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture outside the nation’s capital. In a letter to congressional leaders, the scientists and economists wrote the proposed changes threaten scientific integrity at the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and could further marginalize their critical research from policymaking.

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