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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday she hopes services have not been disrupted due to the termination of leases for Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service offices. And, speaking of impending tariffs on trade partners, she told farmers that they should trust President Donald Trump.
With hundreds of new NRCS employees coming onboard, agency officials must now grapple with how to effectively train up and keep on a generation of younger workers while simultaneously rolling out billions of new farm conservation dollars.
Robert Bonnie, a proponent of ag carbon markets who has been serving as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's chief climate adviser, will be nominated by President Joe Biden to oversee farm and conservation programs at USDA.