Cash Strategist 5-14-2025

USDA sees change ahead with staff cuts on horizon

The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been busy since January and has now seemingly made its way to the Department of Agriculture.

Though not as headline-worthy as some of the other findings made by the DOGE team in past months, the group still made some discoveries in the agency that have already led to change and will likely lead to additional changes in coming months.

One of the most notable changes that has already occurred has been from a personnel standpoint, as more than 15,000 workers from across the agency have taken one of the two offered incentive plans to resign, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said last week. First offered in February, the...