The agency, which oversees federally funded nutrition programs and supports food safety, says moving more than 2,000 employees outside of the Washington, DC, area will save money and bring staff closer to the people it serves,

USDA will move the majority of its D.C. staff in phases to five hubs across the country in a move it claims is to lower the cost of living for its employees. At the end of the reorganization, the agency plans to have no more than 2,000 of its current 4,600 employees remaining in the region.

USDA plans massive relocation moving 2,600 workers from Washington to 5 hub cities while closing historic Beltsville Agricultural Research Center after 114 year

The department says it will relocate more than half of its Washington, D.C., staff to five hubs around the country, as well as consolidate or eliminate regional offices.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it plans to relocate thousands of employees to five offices around the country. But the Trump administration's previous plan to move staff to Kansas City, back in 2019,

In a press release from the USDA, Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins outlined a plan to establish five USDA hubs across the country.