Donald Trump, Brooke Rollins and farm labor fix
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By JERRY HAGSTROM Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday issued a rule ending the use of racial and gender preferences in USDA programs when “these requirements are not required by an act of Congress,
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins believes that Medicaid work requirements and artificial intelligence will help bolster the nation’s farming workforce, while President Trump has been
From separate events Thursday, Gov. Kim Reynolds, Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, and Tom Vilsack — the former Iowa governor and USDA secretary — all discussed how to manage farm labor amid the hard-line deportation policy of the Trump administration.
Some mixed messages have come out in recent days as President Donald Trump and members within his circle seem to say different things about how farm workers wil
The U.S. has shut its southern border to livestock imports again after a flesh-eating parasite was found further north in Mexico than previously reported, raising alarm among American agriculture officials.
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U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R - 4th District) sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins expressing his support for COVID-era food programs.
Brooke Rollins, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, could not commit Tuesday to an August deadline for the release of new dietary guidelines for Americans.
USDA's plan was to slowly reopen the southern border, but a new case of New World screwworm in Mexico has put reopening plans on hold.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said there will be "no amnesty" for agricultural workers as part of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. Rollins then suggested that some Medicaid recipients could replace immigrants as farmworkers.