Agricultural Research Services

The Trump administration is moving two Department of Agriculture agencies — the National Institute for Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service — out of Washington, D.C.

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Critics Of Relocating USDA Research Agencies Point To Brain Drain

1:28pm September 10, 2019

by Frank Morris

More than 250 employees have quit, and others are expected to follow suit before the Sept. 30 deadline for reporting to work in the Kansas City area. Critics of the move say research will suffer.

The United States Department of Agriculture announced on Tuesday it will discontinue a research program that involved killing thousands of cats. The agency has been under pressure to put an end to the program.

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Science

USDA Terminates Deadly Cat Experiments, Plans To Adopt Out Remaining Animals

8:40pm April 02, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

Scientists infected the cats with toxoplasmosis and later killed them. Bipartisan members of Congress complained about the practice and the agency ended the program.