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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
A plan announced today by the Trump administration would shift Department of Agriculture programs to different government agencies, dramatically shrinking the size and scope of the department.
Gil Gonzalez is back in the Rural Development business at USDA. Anne Hazlett, assistant to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue for RD, has named Gonzalez as her chief of staff,
The Trump administration’s task force on rural prosperity is calling for expanding broadband essential to improving the rural America by removing regulatory barriers and providing new incentives for private investment.
Anne Hazlett, who oversees Rural Development at USDA, wants to get the word out that RD’s new Innovation Center will soon be open for business, with a new executive at the helm and a long list of challenges to face, including the opioid epidemic that’s been devastating rural communities.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced the appointment of state directors for the Farm Service Agency and for USDA's Rural Development programs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – President Trump is expected to announce his long-awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency any day now, and Anne Hazlett says USDA is prepared to follow any further orders the president issues to deal with the crisis.
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - Senate agricultural appropriators will seek to reinstate the under secretary for rural development position eliminated by USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.