USDA Hosts Two Headquarters Events on November 10: Rollins and Burgum on Grazing Initiatives, Then a Veterans Honor Event with Collins
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a media advisory on November 10: Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins will host two events that morning at USDA headquarters in Washington — first, a joint press conference with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on USDA and DOI's Grazing Initiatives, followed by an event honoring veterans, attended by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins and Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler.
The press conference begins at 9:00 a.m. ET at the USDA Whitten Building (1400 Jefferson Dr. SW, Washington, DC). In June, USDA issued a grazing directive instructing its Forest Service to offer vacant and closed grazing allotments to ranchers and to ensure no net loss of livestock grazing on its allotment acres, setting a goal of restoring a minimum of 500,000 head months of grazing on National Forest land by 2028. Rollins has said about 278,000 head months were restored in 2026, that processing of applications for 165 vacant grazing allotments is under way with a goal of issuing permits by January 1, and that an additional $8 million in funding supports the grazing efforts. With the U.S. cattle herd at a 75-year low, grazing policy on federal lands is a core part of USDA's rancher-first agenda.
The veterans event begins at 10:00 a.m. ET, also at the Whitten Building. Rollins will discuss USDA veteran initiatives, joined by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins and SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler. USDA said media interested in covering the events must RSVP to its press office.
(Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture)
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Photo: 图：美国农业部总部 Jamie L. Whitten 联邦大楼。照片：Preston Keres／美国农业部摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Photo: Preston Keres / USDA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
