In the coming months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will relocate more than half of its Washington D.C.-based employees to five different regional hubs across the country.

The United States Department of Agriculture, or USDA, will close down a major portion of its current headquarters in Washington, D.C., moving some of the staffers to Northern Colorado.

Utah’s Republican leaders are applauding plans to downsize the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s workforce in Washington, D.C. and send employees to five regional hubs, including one in Salt Lake City.

In a press release from the USDA, Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins outlined a plan to establish five USDA hubs across the country.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday a mass reorganization of the agency, as well as plans to vacate one of its headquarters in Alexandria and have staff members move away from the Greater Washington area.

The department has 4,600 employees in the capital region, but is looking to keep no more than 2,000 in the area

Through the recent biennial budget approved by the Indiana General Assembly, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture provided a combined $2 million to support Indiana food