Fewer than 40% of NIFA, ERS employees agree to move

07/16/19 6:20 PM By Steve Davies

Fewer than 150 employees of the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture have agreed to move to the Kansas City region, where their agencies are being relocated, according to USDA.

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