Huzzahs for new USDA trade office, qualms about stewardship and rural development

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue unveiled a USDA reorganization that would take effect in mid-June, highlighted by creation of a high-level office to promote U.S. farm exports, with President Trump’s call for a smaller and more efficient government still on the docket. Small-farm advocates said rural economic development was downgraded by Perdue’s package “in favor of… » Read More

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