Iowa will become the hub for a new USDA food safety center while members
of the department's economic team will also move more jobs to Missouri
locations. The moves will likely lead some more experienced staff and
leadership at USDA agencies to find employment elsewhere but also create
hundreds of job opportunities for younger people leaving college who want to
live in the Midwest or other locations in USDA's reorganization announcements.
7^USDA Details Agency Moves Out of DC
USDA signed a $300 million deal with Palantir Technologies to modernize
farm services, streamline paperwork and implement its "One Farmer, One File"
initiative.
BUSDA Signs $300M Deal With Palantir
The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee agreed
with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins that USDA's Commodity Credit Corp.
borrowing limit should be increased from the current $30 billion annually.
FAg Secretary Testifies on USDA Budget
A congressional group is introducing amendments to the farm bill to allow
year-round E15 sales, reform small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel
Standard, cut obligations for small refiners and retroactively restore biofuels
credits.
BE15, SRE Farm Bill Amendments Coming
A big storm system moving into the Canadian Prairies will bring some heavy
snow and very low temperatures that will last into early May.
4^Canadian Prairies Weather Outlook
