Over $120 Million In USDA Award Payments To Minnesota Suspended, Sec. Rollins Says

By Nick Lentz, CBS Minnesota

January 12, 2026

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Friday that she is suspending payments on all active and future awards from the USDA to Minnesota amid the long-running fraud scandal in which the White House has alleged a misuse of federal funds.

In a letter addressed to Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Rollins said the suspended payments, as of Friday evening, total just over $129 million.

As reasons for her suspension, she highlighted the alleged fraud schemes involving the nonprofit group Feeding Our Future, Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services program, and claims of fraud at daycare centers around the state.

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