A new report by the Inspector General for USDA has only one Constitutionally- suspect argument for use by Congressional opponents of moving some federal jobs to the Kansas City area. Some transferred positions involve food safety-related research positions.
Under his own authority, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is about to
Continue Reading New IG report is likely just a speed bump on USDA’s road to Kansas City
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is relocating USDA’s economic research units and 85 percent of their jobs to the greater Kansas City area. USDA’s researchers do some food safety research.
Perdue Thursday announced that both USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) along
Continue Reading Ag secretary picks Kansas City area as new home for USDA research units
Crop reports and economic forecasts for agricultural commodities have long been the work products of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and its National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
Those are the USDA research units that Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue wants to move out of the District of
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: It’s Only a Matter of Time
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue late Friday announced his finalists of 136 Expressions of Interest received from parties in 35 states vying to become the new homes of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
The two units have limited involvement in food
Continue Reading Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies
Ten years ago when USDA leased nearly all of the newly completed 380,000 square foot Patriots Plaza III at 355 E. St. SW in Washington D.C., it was good for only a couple of small items in the local real estate press.
USDA was just snapping up a hot
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Escape from the National Capital Region (NCR)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s reorganization plan, which would relocate a key agricultural research agency outside Washington, DC, has drawn increasing criticism from those who know and depend on its economic and statistical analyses. First announced during Congress’s summer recess in August, the reorganization plan for the USDA’s
Continue Reading American Statistical Association wants Congress to demand details on USDA plan for research service
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) is out with a report on what might be called the “recalls gone wild” era.
In a 31-page report “Trends in
Continue Reading Better tests, stronger laws, more foods add up to more recalls
After all these years, agriculture in America remains overwhelmingly dominated by family farms. A new report by USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) shows not only just how dependent America is on family farms, but also how many are
Continue Reading Data shows most American farms are still family farms
