AUGUST 8, 2025 | VOLUME 30 | ISSUE 14
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USDA OPENS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins a public comment period for stakeholders to provide feedback on the United State Department Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) reorganization plan, as outlined in the Secretary’s memorandum. Arkansas Farm Bureau urges its members to respond and provide comments on the USDA Reorganization Plan. “As committed, we are continuing to hear stakeholder feedback on the USDA Reorganization. All stakeholders – including Capitol Hill offices, USDA employees, and members of the agricultural community – are encouraged to share their input during the open comment period. We value your perspective as we work to ensure that USDA is best positioned to serve America’s farmers, ranchers, producers, and rural communities,” said Secretary Brooke Rollins. “President Trump made clear his second term would include relocating the sprawling federal bureaucracy to locations outside the National Capital Region,” said Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden in his Capitol Hill testimony on July 30. “The department’s July 24 memorandum begins to deliver on this promise and does so in a way that right-sizes the USDA footprint, eliminates unnecessary management layers, consolidates redundant or duplicative functions, and, most importantly, allows USDA to deliver on its mission to the American people within the bounds of its available financial resources.” The reorganization proposal reflects President Trump’s commitment to relocate federal agencies beyond the national capital region, reduce bureaucracy, and strengthen USDA’s presence in key agricultural regions across the country. As part of the plan, USDA will consolidate operations, close the South Building, and relocate approximately 2,600 Continued on page 2
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