The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research, Education, and Economics (REE) Mission Area today announced a reorganization and leadership restructuring to better align its work with USDA priorities, improve operational efficiency, and deliver results more effectively for American farmers, ranchers, and producers.
This effort refocuses REE’s structure on mission delivery—streamlining operations, strengthening leadership accountability, and positioning resources closer to the agricultural communities USDA serves. The updated structure will be guided by five core principles: strengthening leadership accountability, reducing organizational complexity, ensuring consistency across agencies where appropriate, leveraging emerging tools and technologies, and aligning clearly with USDA’s priorities.
“At USDA, we are putting farmers first,” said Secretary Brooke L. Rollins. “This reorganization ensures our research, data, and innovation efforts are focused where they matter most: delivering real results for the men and women who feed, fuel, and clothe this country. By streamlining operations and moving resources closer to the ground, we are making USDA more responsive, more efficient, and better equipped to support American agriculture. This move puts our research institutions outside of the beltway and closer to the land grant universities with talent pipelines who will lead the research and solve the problems facing the future of American agriculture. This is about strengthening our USDA research focus and improving the services the agricultural economy relies on.”
This is about execution and accountability,” said Deputy Secretary Stephen A. Vaden. “We are aligning our workforce and infrastructure with the Department’s core mission, reducing unnecessary complexity, and ensuring every function is positioned to deliver results. These changes will strengthen coordination across REE agencies and improve our ability to serve farmers and ranchers efficiently and effectively.”
Source : usda.gov