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USDA secretary says cuts at NBAF were part of ‘imperfect process’

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By KMAN Staff on June 13, 2025 Local News, Manhattan
Employees at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan, are being laid off as part of White House cuts to the USDA, according to a source. Staff photo by Lewis Marien

By Megan Moser

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday acknowledged that the firing and rehiring of federal workers at NBAF in February was “an imperfect process.”

Rollins was responding to questions from U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, a Democrat representing Kansas’ 3rd District, during Rollins’ testimony to the House Agriculture Committee.

The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan conducts research on dangerous animal and zoonotic diseases.

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