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The department will relocate about 2,600 employees to five other locations and shutter several key facilities in the capital region, including its historic main research center.
The agency, which oversees federally funded nutrition programs and supports food safety, says moving more than 2,000 employees outside of the Washington, DC, area will save money and bring staff closer to the people it serves,
USDA plans massive relocation moving 2,600 workers from Washington to 5 hub cities while closing historic Beltsville Agricultural Research Center after 114 year
United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced a “complete reorganization” of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that will include closing Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC).