Former USDA Chief Scientists Dr. Gale Buchanan and Dr. Catherine Woteki took issue with last week's episode of DC Signal to Noise analyzing a proposal to move USDA's research functions away from Washington, so we invited them on to explain why, in their view, ERS and NIFA should stay in the beltway in this special edition.

Be sure to catch the regular DC Signal to Noise podcast with Jim Wiesemeyer and John Herath also available this week, Episode 32-2: It's Deal Making Time.