Federal agriculture department loses field staff as farmers face delays accessing newly approved conservation funding.
In the spring of 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officially offered Gretchen Troutman, 49, a job as a natural resource specialist. Elated, she packed up her life in Pennsylvania and ...
An agency within the Agriculture Department is asking employees to fill jobs it just incentivized employees to leave, telling staff it will be further cutting positions but those open for transfers ...
In western Wisconsin's Monroe County, the county land conservation department shares an office with local NRCS staff. The partnership helps landowners get their conservation practices funded, no ...
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a series, “Getting Grounded,” that examines the nation's conservation delivery system and the mounting challenges facing farmers in getting the help ...
Becca Sheetz was a natural resources specialist at USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. She was fired along with thousands of other federal employees in February. The Trump administration ...
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a series, “Getting Grounded,” that examines the nation's conservation delivery system and the mounting challenges facing farmers in getting the help and ...
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