Perdue Consulting With Congress On Proposed ERS And NIFA Move

USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue said he will sound out Congress before moving ahead with the relocation of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Perdue told reporters Tuesday that he will also provide lawmakers with a "very serious cost-benefit analysis" justifying the move of the two agencies from the nation's capital. "Many of them have had concerns about what prompted" the relocation plan, Perdue said. Perdue revealed he would have a revised list of the potential relocation sites "very soon."