WGLT's Sound IdeasU.S. farmers lost conservation experts in Trump's federal cuts. Now they're hurting for help
The NRCS was founded almost a century ago in response to the Dust Bowl. But it lost nearly a quarter of its staff nationally in 2025 after President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, leaving many farmers with less access to environmental conservation practices.
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