USDA Scientists Layoffs Disrupt Research
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USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
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Scientists were working on projects to improve crops, defend against pests and disease, and understand the climate impact of farming practices.
The USDA layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal employees.
The layoffs threaten to undermine billions of taxpayer dollars paid to farmers to support conservation practices, experts warn.
The purge could also indirectly hit farmers in red states, who are the main beneficiaries of proposals such as EQIP .
“This approach of wide-swath firings throws the USDA and affiliated agricultural research enterprise into a world of uncertainty,” says Bass .
Bass warns that blanket firing of USDA employees is hardly a pathway toward a more efficient agency.
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