Merkley, Wyden, Senate Democrats Press USDA to Justify Critical Honeybee Data Gaps
September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined 21 Senate Democrats in writing to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), expressing concerns over this summer's move by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to suspend the collection of honeybee data across the nation.
While NASS recently reversed course under pressure, the decision-m . . .
Oregon's Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined 21 Senate Democrats in writing to Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), expressing concerns over this summer's move by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to suspend the collection of honeybee data across the nation.
While NASS recently reversed course under pressure, the decision-m . . .