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USDA, H5N1 avian flu

USDA rushing to rescind mistaken firings of key bird flu response personnel

Firings of USDA employees who coordinated bird flu response were accidental, NBC quotes an agency spokesperson as saying

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The USDA is scrambling to rehire officials working to curb the spread of bird flu after firing them

The H5N1 avian flu has impacted more than 160 million birds, resulting in the deaths of 20 million egg-laying chickens since 2022.

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Uncertainty about bird flu effort after USDA job cuts that included mistaken firings

The Iowa Department of Agriculture on Wednesday reported yet another outbreak, among a turkey flock in Sac County, with 29,665 birds destroyed to prevent the spread of the disease. The USDA also ...

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U.S. Agriculture Department suspends scholarships for students at historically Black colleges

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended its scholarship program for students at historically black colleges and ...

USDA says it will release $20 million of frozen farmer funds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will release approximately $20 million in funding for previously approved contracts that ...

Brooke Rollins, 52, is second woman to be confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture

Rollins is just the second woman to head the agency. Ann Veneman of California was sworn in as the 27th Secretary of ...

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USDA announces Title IX investigation into UMaine

The announcement comes a day after the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights launched an investigation into ...

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USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them

Several agencies within the Agriculture Department play a role in responding to the outbreak, including the Agricultural Research Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

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USDA trying to rehire employees working on bird flu

19 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working to ... as part of the Trump administration's mass federal firings. The USDA said it was reaching out to employees working on bird flu ...

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NFU statement on USDA’s release of paused funding

WASHINGTON – National Farmers Union President Rob Larew made the following statement about the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

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USDA initiates 'compliance review' of UMaine over Trump's executive order

The inquiry is being conducted because of what the USDA describes as the state's "blatant disregard" of a recent executive ...

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Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds

The USDA made $3.1 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act available in the 2024 fiscal year for climate-smart agriculture activities, according to the department, including grants and loans ...

USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers

The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.

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