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Originally Posted by Randomguy34
Saw this posted in another thread, and thought that this would be relevant to Chicago & Illinois' agriculture scene
Agriculture to move two agencies outside of Greater Washington — and quickly
https://www.bizjournals.com/washingt...ml?ana=wtop_bd
Pure speculation., but if they want to be closer to stakeholders and want to fill about 700 federal jobs, what are the odds of the offices relocating in the Chicago metro? |
Chicago would be a consideration, I'm sure, although if Washington is being left due to big city problems, Chicago might not be as much of a leading choice. Then again Chicago is central to at least four of the top ten Ag research universities (UIUC, UW-M, MSU, Purdue), so that might help.
Minneapolis (Cargill and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange) or Kansas City (close to a lot of wheat) might be better suited. Kansas City is also in a Red state, so if it does have a political component that might be relevant. But really, when it comes to agriculture there are a lot of places that could present a compelling rationale.