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Industry Reaction to USDA Office Closures
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ushered in the new year at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting on January 9, with Secretary Tom Vilsack's announcement of USDA's "Blueprint for Better Services." This initiative will close 259 USDA offices across the country in 2012. Vilsack explained that the closures were required because the operating budget for USDA has been cut by $3 billion between 2010 and 2012. He assured the nation that the closures in the food safety area "are...
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