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A federal appeals board has ordered nearly 6,000 USDA employees back to work after they were fired during their probationary periods last month.

The Agriculture Department has notified some building owners of plans to terminate office leases as the Trump Administration seeks to cut back on agency spending.

With farmers across the country concerned about losing workers to mass deportations, there are renewed calls for reforming the H-2A visa system. To that end, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Pa., tells Agri-Pulse he plans to introduce legislation that would put into law recommendations made by a committee task force in the last Congress.

Agricultural producers appealed to the Senate Ag Committee to reform the H-2A program, which allows agricultural employers to hire foreign workers to fill temporary jobs.

The House is on track to debate the GOP’s massive budget blueprint next week. The House Rules Committee is scheduled Monday to prepare the budget resolution for floor action, although it’s not yet clear that Republicans have nailed down the votes.

A federal judge has rejected federal unions’ request for a restraining order preventing President Donald Trump from firing probationary employees across the government.

A diverse coalition of food industry and consumer groups are expressing concern about layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration, which Agri-Pulse has learned include nearly one in three staffers reviewing animal feed ingredients.

House Republicans try to agree on a grand plan for enacting President Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans this week, while the Senate GOP is opting for a Plan B, a smaller budget plan that leaves more the costliest issues for later. The Senate is set to consider Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be secretary of health and human services, and Brooke Rollins' nomination to be secretary of agriculture.

A federal judge has delayed the deadline for federal workers to accept or reject a buyout offer made by the Office of Personnel Management.

Sustaining American competitiveness through agricultural education and building a workforce prepared to work with artificial intelligence were key priorities for the National FFA Organization and its partners at an event Tuesday in the House Agriculture Committee room.