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2026年4月23日15:19 UTC 更新于41分钟前
2026年3月24日，在美国华盛顿特区美国农业部举办的国家农业日活动中，观众正在观看政策宣传视频。路透社/安娜贝尔·戈登 购买授权
华盛顿，4月23日（路透社）——美国农业部周四表示，作为其大范围重组计划的一部分，该部门将把大量研究与食品安全人员从华盛顿地区迁出。
该机构正计划将其华盛顿地区的大部分员工——约2600人——搬迁至五个区域中心，以让工作人员更贴近农户。目前美国农业部的绝大多数雇员已经居住在华盛顿以外地区。
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美国农业部在一份新闻稿中表示，该部门将把经济研究服务局和国家食品与农业研究所的部分华盛顿总部员工调往其位于堪萨斯城的办事处。这两个机构在唐纳德·特朗普首届总统任期内就已从华盛顿迁至堪萨斯城。
新闻稿称，国家农业统计服务局的部分雇员也将进行搬迁。
美国农业部长布鲁克·罗林斯在一份声明中表示：“此次搬迁将让我们的研究机构走出华盛顿环城公路，更贴近拥有人才储备渠道的赠地大学，这些院校将引领相关研究，解决美国农业未来面临的各类问题。”
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根据新闻稿，该机构还将着手关停其位于马里兰州贝尔茨维尔的旗舰研究基地——贝尔茨维尔农业研究中心，并将相关研究项目进行搬迁。
贝尔茨维尔农业研究中心的员工此前曾抱怨工作环境不安全，不过该中心员工也联合议员与农业团体批评农业部关闭该中心的计划，认为搬迁过程会中断科研工作。
美国农业部还表示，将把食品安全与检验服务局的约200名员工调往位于爱荷华州厄本代尔的新国家食品安全中心。
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US farm agency to move research and food safety staff from Washington
2026-04-23 3:19 PM UTC / Reuters
By Leah Douglas
April 23, 2026 3:19 PM UTC Updated 41 mins ago
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WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday it will relocate many research and food safety staff from the Washington region as part of its broader reorganization effort.
The agency is in the process of moving most of its Washington-area staff – about 2,600 people – to five regional hubs in an effort to bring the workforce closer to farmers. Most USDA employees already live outside Washington.
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The USDA will move some Washington-based staff of its Economic Research Service and National Institute for Food and Agriculture to their Kansas City offices, it said in a press release. The two agencies were relocated from Washington to Kansas City under the first administration of President Donald Trump.
Some employees of the National Agricultural Statistics Service will also move, the release said.
“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,” said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a statement.
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The agency will also begin decommissioning its flagship research site in Beltsville, Maryland, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, and relocating research programs, according to the release.
BARC staff have complained about unsafe working conditions, though employees also joined lawmakers and farm groups in criticizing USDA’s plan to close the center, arguing the relocation process would interrupt research.
The USDA will also move about 200 employees of its Food Safety and Inspection Service to a new National Food Safety Center in Urbandale, Iowa, the agency said.
Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
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