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USDA to move NIFA, ERS to Kansas City
2019-06-13 20:32:00| Beef
Updated: ERS won't be realigned under the Office of the Chief Economist
USDA Announces Kansas City Region as New NIFA, ERS Site; NFU Disappointed by Lack of Transparency and Public Input
2019-06-13 20:11:35| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 13, 2019 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202.554.1600hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON Ten months after introducing a plan to relocate and reorganize two major agricultural research agencies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will move the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Economic Research Service (ERS) to the Kansas City Region. […]
Hearing Highlights Implications of ERS, NIFA Relocation for Agricultural Research
2019-06-05 15:53:18| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 5, 2019 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202.554.1600hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON During a hearing held today by the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research, key stakeholders expressed concerns about the current and potential ramifications of reorganizing and relocating two major agricultural research agencies. In accordance with previous announcements, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is […]
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Hearing Highlights Impacts of ERS, NIFA Relocation on Family Farmers, Consumers, Researchers
2019-03-27 18:26:41| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 27, 2019 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202.314.3106ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON Highlighting concerns among legislators, farmers, rural residents, consumers and researchers for the proposed reorganization and relocation of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research agencies, the U.S. House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee today held a hearing to examine the impacts of such a move. USDA […]
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NFU Opposes ERS, NIFA Reorganizations and Relocations
2018-09-18 19:14:21| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2018 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him not to reorganize and relocate the departments Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) agencies. The NFU […]
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