{"id":27799,"date":"2025-07-28T08:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=27799"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:16:02","slug":"indianapolis-set-to-be-regional-usda-hub-as-trump-attempts-to-de-centralize-department-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/indianapolis-set-to-be-regional-usda-hub-as-trump-attempts-to-de-centralize-department-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis set to be regional USDA hub as Trump attempts to de-centralize department in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ERIN ANDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brownfield Ag Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced plans to reorganize the U.S. Department of Agriculture to better serve America\u2019s farmers and ranchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department will move into five hub locations in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kansas City, Missouri, Indianapolis, Indiana, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Meghan Grebner, Brownfield)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rollins says the reorganization is designed to ensure the size of its workforce aligns with financial resources, will bring the department closer to farmers, eliminate management layers and bureaucracy, and consolidate support functions. But, she says all critical functions of the department will continue uninterrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USDA says this is the first month of a multi-step process. Local USDA offices will be notified in the coming months on more information about the regional hubs and next steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe selection of Indianapolis as one of five new USDA regional hub locations is exciting news for Hoosiers. It\u2019s great to see these USDA services move outside of Washington and into places like Indiana that feed our nation,\u201d said Senator Young of Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere are no stronger champions for American farmers and ranchers than Secretary Rollins and President Trump,\u201d said Senator Marshall of Kansas. \u201cToday\u2019s announcements build on President Trump\u2019s efforts in his first Administration to move those who work closest with our farmers and ranchers to our nation\u2019s heartland. This is putting Farmer\u2019s First.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA reorganization of this scale will impact USDA\u2019s ability to provide critical services to Americans and undermine the Agency\u2019s trusted expertise that farmers and families count on,\u201d U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee says. \u201cI have serious doubts that the Administration adequately considered the impact of this move on research and on services for famers and rural Americans, particularly after the loss of over 15,000 employees in the past six months.  The USDA must come before Congress to explain why it wants to adopt this plan, just as farmers have been hit with obscenely high tariffs, families have been walloped by SNAP cuts, and research grants have been frozen and reduced. Agriculture has always been America\u2019s pride and joy. This half-baked proposal \u2013 submitted with no consultation with leading Agricultural Senators \u2013 will set us back.\u201d We must have an immediate hearing before more damage is done.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFarm communities are facing urgent challenges,\u201d Rob Larew, National Farmers Union president says. \u201cWhile NFU supports efforts to enhance USDA efficiency and service delivery, we are concerned that large-scale restructuring or relocation of agency offices could result in significant staff turnover, loss of institutional knowledge and service disruptions, at a time when farmers, ranchers and their communities critically depend on these services to stay afloat. NFU will closely monitor these developments to ensure that any major changes are strategic and that the needs of family farmers and ranchers remain the top priority.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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