Source: FARM PROGRESS, 9/30/19


As the Trump administration continues to advance its controversial move of the USDA Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry sounded an alarm. “I am deeply concerned about the lack of capacity at NIFA and ERS due to the Trump administration’s decision to relocate these agencies,” wrote Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

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