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DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread


Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

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