U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins announced a reorganization of the department Thursday, designed to refocus its core operations to better align with its founding mission of supporting American farming, ranching, and forestry.

The USDA’s workforce increased 8% while employee salaries increased 14.5% over the past four years, despite no increase in service to the department’s core constituencies, Rollins said. A review found the USDA was bloated, expensive, and unsustainable, the department said.

“It is long past time the Department better serve the great and patriotic farmers, ranchers, and producers we are mandated to support,” said Rollins. “We will do so through a transparent and common-sense process that preserves USDA’s critical health and public safety services the American public relies on. We will do right by the great American people who we serve and with respect to the thousands of hardworking USDA employees who so nobly serve their country.”

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