Leah Douglas

April 9 (Reuters) - Several U.S. Department of Agriculture employees who worked on the agency's bird flu response will leave at the end of April, straining the federal capacity to monitor the spread of the virus, according to a source familiar. https://t.co/uvppTbtA2f

Trump's new tariffs could apply to eggs being imported to ease a supply shortage, farm secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday, which industry experts said could boost egg prices just as they have started to decline from record highs. with @tpolansek: https://t.co/peQEYMPd25

"One thing is certain: American family farmers and ranchers will bear the brunt of this global trade war," said Rob Larew, president of @NFUDC. "Tariffs threaten the economic sustainability of farmers," said Zippy Duvall, president of @FarmBureau.

Leah Douglas @leahjdouglas

US food and farm groups are mostly critical of Trump's tariffs, warning of higher consumer prices and shrinking markets for farmers. https://t.co/k6gbf6a6eV

US food and farm groups are mostly critical of Trump's tariffs, warning of higher consumer prices and shrinking markets for farmers. https://t.co/k6gbf6a6eV

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has begun the process of reclassifying workers at some agencies to a new job category with fewer protections, according to two sources familiar with the situation and an email seen by Reuters. With @TimoGard: https://t.co/xqcZDBJtBp

RT @JonathanLanday: (Reuters) - EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has fired staff who were working on the Food and Drug Administration's…

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has fired staff working on the FDA's bird flu response as part of today's mass layoffs at HHS. Among those fired were staff at the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, which oversees a lab network that tests pet food for bird flu. https://t.co/uxoPq72a49

First in @Reuters: The Trump administration is offering financial incentives for USDA employees to quit this month, according to an email sent to staff last night. This is a second round of the "Fork in the Road" program offered in January. https://t.co/2himMFdZu3

BREAKING: The Trump administration began mass layoffs at HHS today, including at FDA, CDC and other agencies. At least one fired employee was working on the federal measles response. Some top agency officials were fired or resigned. Developing story here: https://t.co/zMevT8vM5O

RT @DoinaChiacu: Exclusive: Trump administration begins mass layoffs at health agencies, sources say - https://t.co/ZcC1WsoPKy ⁦@leahjdougl…

RT @Tahtone: The funding freeze from the USDA is sending shockwaves throughout the nation’s agriculture sector, but their effect on tribal…

Trump’s regulatory freeze has injected chaos and uncertainty into a number of lucrative American fisheries, according to Reuters interviews with industry groups and federal government employees. My latest w/ @ValerieVolco and @GloriaDickie: https://t.co/oLdJ5TILrY https://t.co/2bkJd0PxcD

RT @Marcia_Brown9: NEW: The Agriculture Department has halted millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks without explanation. C…

BREAKING: Several farmers have sued the Trump administration, arguing it is illegally withholding Department of Agriculture grants funded by the Inflation Reduction Act.

NEW: The USDA said it will comply with the Wednesday deadline issued by a federal board to temporarily reinstate its ~6,000 fired probationary employees, according to an agency statement. https://t.co/1k5VifYDqS