Brooke Rollins confirmed as Trump's agriculture secretary as tariff fights loom
WASHINGTON — Conservative lawyer Brooke Rollins was confirmed Thursday as secretary of agriculture, placing a close ally of ...
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Trump Continues to Build USDA Team, Names Stephen Vaden as Deputy Secretary
This personal connection to farming likely provides him with valuable insights into the challenges and needs of rural ... development from Texas A&M University. This leadership team at USDA ...
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In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
It was Thursday, eight days after the Texas Department of State Health Services first reported a measles outbreak on the rural, western edge of the state. On Friday, the number of confirmed cases ...
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‘Living The Land’ Review: Huo Meng’s Rural Early-’90s Drama Shows A Family On The Cusp Of Change – Berlin Film Festival
A farming family in rural China gets a rich, warm portrait in Huo Meng’s picturesque second feature Living the Land, set in the early 1990s in a country on the cusp of vast change. Rather than a ...
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Online weight management program helps rural residents lose weight
The study suggests EMPOWER may be an effective weight loss program for rural residents, and the online platform improved accessibility and was well-liked, the researchers concluded.
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A Texan is taking over the USDA as it targets funding for food stamps and school nutrition
Last year, the USDA spent more than $50.8 billion on school nutrition programs. In 2020, that budget was $27.6 billion. Texas was one of 13 states last year that turned down millions in extra ...
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Rollins says she's focused on realigning USDA with its roots
Fresh from being confirmed as the 33rd Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins headed into her new office, surrounded by family and new staff and acknowledging a long list of ...
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Federal funding freeze sparks chaos for nonprofits in the nation’s poorest, most rural states: ‘Huge step backwards’
The organization Cain works for, Coalfield Development, helped leverage almost ... Ryan Kelly, executive director of Rural Health Associations in Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, said he thinks ...
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Jungle Reef in West El Paso claims report on animal deaths are 'exaggerated'
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4 ... mall aquarium raises concerns Jungle Reef admits that while they have failed USDA inspections in the past, they claim those are isolated incidents and not ...
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Texas Rancher Kimberly Ratcliff Trades the Big Apple for Community Beef Business
Top Producer Women in Agriculture Award winner Kimberly Ratcliff wanted a life in New York City, but soon found herself pulled back to the family ranch. She left a prestigious career, went back to ...
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CSW bets on South Austin apartment development amid surplus
CSW Development is planning a five-story apartment ... Despite strong demand for housing in Texas, the rental market in Austin is oversupplied. Nearly 16,000 units were completed in Austin during ...