Items Tagged with 'Food and Nutrition Service'

The Agriculture Department is pressing ahead with its plan to reorganize agencies and relocate employees despite concerns about the loss of experienced personnel in a department that has already lost more than 15% of its workforce and questions about how well the restructured department will work.

The Agriculture Department is renaming the Food and Nutrition Service and moving Washington, D.C.-area employees to several locations around the country, the department announced Thursday.

Producers of fruits and vegetables, cotton and other commodities would like to see the Trump administration’s America First agenda turned into incentives and regulatory actions that promote the consumption of domestic crops. Success has been elusive so far.

Anti-hunger advocates are welcoming rulings by the Senate parliamentarian on the GOP budget reconciliation plan. The decisions will force GOP leaders to come up with new cuts to the bill or else accept a higher deficit increase.

USDA has ordered states to take steps to take steps to address delays in processing applications and recertifications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Soil conservation has always been the foundation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, which for nearly 60 years was known as the Soil Conservation Service. But NRCS is having trouble finding candidates with the right set of qualifications to fill its ranks.

A train derailment south of Eagle Pass, Texas, is further complicating congestion challenges for agricultural shippers trying to send goods to Mexico.  

The House Agriculture Committee is pressing USDA for transparency on its decision to consolidate contractors for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation, a move that has resulted in food shortages in participating tribal communities.