The U.S. Agriculture Secretary says her agency’s restructuring is not hurting farmers. Brooke Rollins told the House Agriculture Committee Wednesday the agency is still able to serve the needs of farmers. “No one has been fired.” She says, “There were 15,000 USDA employees who took the deferred resignation, but no one was fired. In a […]
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