WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the selection of 20 undergraduate and graduate students as the 2024 winners of the USDA Future Leaders in Agriculture program. The selected students hail from land-grant universities and Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI). "The Future Leaders Program is at the heart of our efforts to cultivate an agricultural workforce as diverse as America its  more