SD delegation focused on Black Hills timber targets; Thune, Rounds follow party lines on cabinet votes
South Dakota's entire congressional delegation sent a letter this week to Brooke Rollins, the new secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, to increase the timber sale program targets ...
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Rollins holds bird flu roundtable, NCC petitions FDA, Just Egg ‘takes off’
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday hosted a roundtable with two dozen farmers to hear their perspective on the ...
Federal judges consider Trump administration's funding freezes
Despite claims that the funding freeze has been lifted, states argue that the funds remain blocked, disrupting programs ...
'I'm left wondering what's next': Federal workers in RI shocked, concerned after firings
Some 13 employees at the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Services office in Warwick lost their jobs as part of ...
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Rollins releases some NRCS program funds, but groups want more
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday announced that USDA will release the first tranche of funding that was ...
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USDA Releases Funds Committed to Farmers
The Trump administration released a freeze on $20 million in funding for conservation programs. Chad Smith has details.
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Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump’s new Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense ... McConnell said in a statement that leading the United States Armed Forces is "a massive and solemn ...
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New agriculture secretary takes actions to address spending
On Feb. 14, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins addressed more than 400 USDA staffers, stakeholders and friends, and pledged to bring greater efficiency to USDA ...