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Rollins ends race, gender in USDA programs, but Vilsack issues defense
By JERRY HAGSTROM Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday issued a rule ending the use of racial and gender preferences in USDA programs when “these requirements are not required by an act of Congress,
Rollins suggests Medicaid recipients can replace deported farmworkers
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins believes that Medicaid work requirements and artificial intelligence will help bolster the nation’s farming workforce, while President Trump has been
The Gazette18h
Iowa leaders weigh in on intersection of hard-line deportation policy and the need for farm labor
From separate events Thursday, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, and Tom Vilsack — the former Iowa governor and USDA secretary — all discussed how to manage farm labor amid the hard-line deportation policy of the Trump administration.
USDA ends race and gender-based support programs, shifting away from Biden-era DEI efforts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has finalized a rule eliminating race- and gender-based preferences in its programs, unless mandated by law.This dec
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Flesh-eating screwworm fly prompts livestock import ban at US-Mexico border
The U.S. has shut its southern border to livestock imports again after a flesh-eating parasite was found further north in Mexico than previously reported, raising alarm among American agriculture officials.
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US Rep. Mark Alford sends letter to USDA to reconsider COVID-era food program funding
U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R - 4th District) sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins expressing his support for COVID-era food programs.
High Plains Journal23h
New screwworm case pauses reopening of Mexican border for livestock
USDA's plan was to slowly reopen the southern border, but a new case of New World screwworm in Mexico has put reopening plans on hold.
Taking out ‘two disenfranchised groups with one stone’: Alicia slams Agriculture Secy
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there will be "no amnesty" for agricultural workers as part of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. Rollins then suggested that some Medicaid recipients could replace immigrants as farmworkers.
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