National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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In today's Federal Newscast, a new federal interagency strategy from the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency, looks to reduce how much food is wasted.
April 10, 2019 -
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expects House Democrats will go along with the proposed USDA relocation when the department releases a final cost benefit analysis.
April 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three Senate Democrats want to take federal retirement cuts off the table in the proposed 2020 budget resolution.
March 28, 2019 -
The Agriculture Department said it plans to make a final recommendation on a new location for both the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture in early May.
March 28, 2019 -
President Donald Trump's 2020 budget request would give the Justice Department $72 million to fund stronger enforcement of immigration laws and reduce the nation's backlog of asylum cases.
March 13, 2019 -
Agriculture Sonny Perdue has famously proposed moving the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) out of Washington. A former NIFA director is skeptical of the merits.
January 07, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 35 states and 136 different groups express interest in hosting the new locations for the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture bureaus.
October 23, 2018 -
When the Agriculture Department announce plans in August to relocate hundreds of employees from the D.C. area, some wondered whether the agency could force them to move. Former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal offers his take.
September 19, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) wants a joint session to analyze the legality of the Agriculture Department's proposal to move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture out of the nation’s capital by the end of 2019.
September 12, 2018 -
USDA Deputy Secretary Steve Censky answered questions and tried to alleviate concerns at an Aug. 14 town hall meeting of Economic Research Service (ERS) employees about the impending bureau’s move.
August 16, 2018 -
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said by the end of 2019 employees working for the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will be relocated outside the D.C. area.
August 09, 2018 -
The Agriculture Department National Institute of Food and Agriculture launched $5 million grant program. It says it wants to strengthen the science behind the next generation of internet-connected agricultural implements and how that could improve food production. Steven J. Thomson, Ph.D., national program leader of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
January 23, 2017 -
The Agriculture Department has a program to get more veterinarians to rural areas. Dr. Gary Sherman, national program leader for veterinary science at USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture, Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment program.
December 06, 2016