State officials wary of plan to move USDA pest management office

摘要

US state officials are unconvinced by the Trump administration's plan to put the USDA's Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP) under the authority of the Department's chief economist. US state officials are unconvinced by the Trump administration's plan to put the USDA's Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP) under the authority of the Department's chief economist. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue proposed the reorganisation last month, calling for the OPMP to be moved from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to the USDA's Office of the Chief Economist.