The United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, will close down a major portion of its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., moving some of the staffers to Northern Colorado.

In the coming months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will relocate more than half of its Washington D.C.-based employees to five different regional hubs across the country.

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

Texas will become the seventh state to ban the production and sale of lab-grown meat in September. Florida was the first, followed by Alabama last year. This year, five more states, including Texas, followed.

A Trump administration reorganization of the Department of Agriculture would eliminate U.S. Forest Service regional headquarters and significantly change or eliminate some agency functions.

US Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins unveiled plans for a "complete reorganization of the USDA." Thousands of USDA jobs in D.C. will be relocated to five new regional hubs, including one in Fort Collins.

From food production to forest management and even nutrition in schools, the U.S. Department of Agriculture plays a major role in managing our country's regulations. Now, many of their biggest decisions will happen right here in Colorado.

The USDA said no jobs would be eliminated but that some federal employees would be asked to relocate to one of the five new hubs, including Salt Lake City.

Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State University extension livestock marketing specialist, says USDA’s Cattle on Feed Report was friendly. The Cattle Inventory Report indicated measured herd expansion, but still confirms historically tight supplies will stay around for a while.