Yeah, let's just gloss over all the smart people that help protect our food they just lost because of this ****ing stupidity. I'm sure Mulvaney and Dump will not bother replacing any of them. Hey scientists. You want to make a difference? Move out of the country.
When I started with the Agricultural Research Service around 1985, we had well over 1,000 full time scientists. Due to rising payroll and other fixed costs and flat budgets, SYs were down to ~800 when I retired in 2010.
It didn't matter who was in power. We didn't get enough money to keep the same level of staffing.
BTW, the food inspectors are not in NIFA or ERS.