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ERS, NIFA employees aren't sold on Kansas City

06/13/19 6:08 PM By Steve Davies
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tried to sell the Kansas City region as an attractive new home for employees of the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture at an “all-hands” meeting Thursday to brief those agencies’ employees. But some weren’t buying it.
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Kansas City picked as new location for ERS, NIFA

06/13/19 10:12 AM By Steve Davies
Citing hundreds of millions in savings over a 15-year period, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the Kansas City region has been chosen as the new home for the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. But ERS will not be moved under the Office of Chief Economist, as previously proposed.
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NIFA employees vote to unionize

06/11/19 3:20 PM By Steve Davies
Facing relocation of their offices and jobs, employees of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture joined their USDA colleagues at the Economic Research Service by voting today to form a bargaining unit with the American Federation of Government Employees.
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Stacey Plaskett

Dems, GOP at odds over proposed ERS/NIFA moves

06/05/19 2:25 PM By Steve Davies
The Department of Agriculture has not made a compelling case for moving the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture outside of Washington, D.C., two ag scientists and a farmer told a House Agriculture subcommittee Wednesday.
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T.A. Hawks

Opinion: Food Delivery is Good for SNAP Recipients

05/28/19 11:39 AM By T.A. Hawks
Imagine a single mother working multiple part time jobs, a grandparent living near a city and driving for a ridesharing company, or a widower picking up work on a farm or as a handyman. All of these people are working to support themselves or their family, but many still may be in need of assistance.
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USDA rushes trade aid; farm groups make pitches

05/22/19 6:45 AM By Bill Tomson
Agriculture Secretary Perdue is planning to head over to the White House this week to make a presentation on how the department is proposing to dole out $15 billion to $20 billion in what is tentatively being called the “Farming Support Program” for producers who continue to bear the brunt of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, government officials tell Agri-Pulse.
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