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Friday, February 28, 2025 - 12:11pm

Since January, the Trump Administration has frozen vast swathes of federal spending under a series of Executive Orders, including...

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 4:10pm

Washington, D.C., Feb. 27, 2025 — Following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement of new measures to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), elected leaders and industry stakeholders from around the country are applauding the five-pronged strategy.

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 2:00pm

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, 2025 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced Tom Schultz will serve as the 21st chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service.

“Tom is the right person to lead the Forest Service right now, and I know he will...

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Thursday, February 27, 2025 - 11:47am
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The recent freeze to federal grants and loans has impacted countless federal programs and simultaneously left rural businesses and farmers in a...

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 6:30pm

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2025 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is embarking on a new era of effectiveness as we continue to move away from the status quo.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 4:39pm

Shortly after his inauguration on January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an array of executive orders, a practice that has become common in recent years. However, abnormally, several of these executive orders triggered a pause on broad swaths of federal funding. As a result of this pause,...

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Wednesday, February 26, 2025 - 1:00pm

Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2025—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. This is in addition to funding...

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025 - 4:15pm

Washington, D.C. Feb. 25, 2025 — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today directed the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to immediately clarify and enforce all rules restricting its beneficiaries to U.S. citizens and legal residents...

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Monday, February 24, 2025 - 8:25pm

Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins met with poultry farmers and industry leaders as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Secretary Rollins toured a Cal-Maine Foods egg-laying facility in Bogata, Texas before...

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Saturday, February 22, 2025 - 5:30pm

Secretary Rollins traveled to four states to hear directly from farmers and ranchers and to see their operations firsthand.

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