U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says Iowa may be a destination for U-S-D-A jobs being moved out of Washington D-C. Last month, Rollins announced more than half of the 46-hundred U-S-D-A employees based in offices on the National Mall would be moved to hubs in North Carolina, Colorado, Utah, Missouri, and Indianapolis. According to a news brief from Radio Iowa, Rollins, who was at the Iowa State Fair this weekend, says there are more announcements coming and hinted Iowa may be included. The U-S-D-A has “Service Centers” in Iowa’s 99 counties for the operations of the Farm Service Agency, Natural Resource Conservation Service and U-S-D-A Rural Development. Ames is home to the National Centers for Animal Health, a 523-acre campus with 93 buildings.
Full story from Radio Iowa can be found here: https://www.radioiowa.com/2025/08/10/ag-secretary-says-iowa-may-be-in-next-round-of-usda-job-moves/
