Items Tagged with 'Trump administration'

The Trump administration has finally released some key details about the size and timing of its $11 billion rescue package for U.S. row crop farmers. But the administration won’t disclose the payment rates until the week of Dec. 22 after getting acreage reports from producers. 

Cornell University has agreed to pay the federal government $30 million and invest another $30 million in agricultural research to restore its federal research funding in a settlement with the Trump administration.

The Bureau of Reclamation will remain without a leader for the foreseeable future after politics allegedly sank the nomination of former Arizona water official Ted Cooke, leaving the agency rudderless as it arbitrates tense negotiations over a future framework for Colorado River water cuts.

A federal judge has ordered the Agriculture Department and 20 other federal agencies to halt reorganization efforts for two weeks after finding that their downsizing attempts likely stem from unlawful Trump Administration orders.

The Trump Administration is proposing to narrow the prohibition against "taking" endangered species by removing regulatory language allowing federal wildlife agencies to consider how species are harmed by habitat destruction.

After years of discussion, the Food and Drug Administration may shift the responsibility for routine food safety inspections to states. Industry and food safety experts say this is a logical next step, but there are some notable outstanding questions about how to execute the shift. 

The Senate voted to confirm Martin Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, to lead the Food and Drug Administration. 

As the Trump administration tightens its scrutiny over Biden-era climate programs, federal funding for the Working Lands Conservation Corps is drawing to a halt.