May 06, 2025

15,000+ USDA employees accept buyouts

Posted May 06, 2025 4:48 PM

By: NATHAN STUEDLE

St. Joseph Post

More than 15,000 USDA employees have taken one of the Trump administration's two financial incentive offers to leave the agency, according to a readout from a USDA briefing with congressional staff seen by Reuters. The sum represents about 15% of the USDA's total workforce. President Donald Trump's administration has offered federal employees several months of pay and benefits if they opt to leave their jobs as part of his effort to shrink the federal workforce.