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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 universities while reviewing the program.

USA Today · 1d

USDA suspends scholarship program at historically Black colleges, website shows

The USDA has suspended a college scholarship program for students from rural and underserved backgrounds who attend HBCUs.

Face2FaceAfrica on MSN · 1d

USDA halts scholarship program for historically Black colleges, sparking concern

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended its 1890 Scholars Program, a scholarship initiative supporting students from rural and underserved backgrounds at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs),

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 ...

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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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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Agriculture Department tries to rehire fired workers tied to bird flu response

The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers who were involved in the government's response to the ...

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 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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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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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 ...

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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