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810 USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers

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Matt Reynolds @ Wired · 02/20/2025 13:30 EDT

USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers

The blanket firing of Department of Agriculture scientists has thrown a host of climate science and crop projects into chaos.

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