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The GAO, an investigative arm of Congress, on Monday released a report examining USDA's plans to reorganize several agencies, including relocating thousands of staff to regional offices around the country. The report also broke down the 18,000-person decline in USDA employees, about 20% of the department's workforce, since the beginning of the Trump administration.
Corn was 81% harvested and soybeans were 92% harvested as of Sunday, Nov. 8, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress Report. Winter wheat was 89% planted and the crop was rated 49% good to excellent.
The farm bill faces a crowded lame-duck agenda, stalled SNAP negotiations and political and procedural hurdles that could complicate passage before year's end.