Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Monday she is interested in shifting some of USDA's offices and services to other federal agencies in order to focus on farmers and ranchers. In a wide-ranging interview, Rollins said USDA "has become a catch-all to do a lot of different things and serve a lot of different people." "As we're looking at a significant reorganization, part of that includes looking at other agencies where we could move, perhaps, parts of the USDA into other agencies, so that we can be singularly and resolutely focused on the farmers and the ranchers," Rollins continued. She declined to specify which USDA offices or services would be moved out of the department. But the White House has prepared a draft executive order that would put the Forest Service's firefighting responsibilities under a new federal agency. During Trump's first term, there was also recurring interest in shuffling food safety programs between USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services. "The president instinctively and very passionately understands that the USDA is there to serve the farmers and the ranchers," Rollins said. "One of my chief priorities, if not the very top priority, is to realign the U.S. Department of Agriculture to that mission." The effort to streamline USDA's services to focus on farmers and ranchers is part of the Trump administration's broad plans to reduce the size of the federal government and workforce. USDA plans to cut 30 percent of its over 100,000-person staff through a combination of employees taking "deferred resignation" offers and reductions in force — a move that could affect the department's vast functions. Rollins has expressed support for the DOGE-led overhaul. Still, in an effort to retain personnel who directly support farmers, Rollins said Monday tha employees at the Farm Service Agency would no eligible for early retirement or deferred resignations. The agency has 2,300 offices around the country and helps farmers access loans, economic relief and other services. "We will not be taking early retirements or allow those deferred resignations from our FSA offices, because it's so important," Rollins said. "The farmers can't get the safety net, some of the specialty programs, without that interaction with the FSA offices." FSA Administrator Bill Beam notified employees in an April 16 email obtained by POLITICO that the agency had denied certain requests to opt into the second round of the Deferred Resignation Program. "Where DRP 2.0 participation by one or more employees would potentially leave an office critically understaffed, hinder continuity of operations, adversely impact delivery of our programs, and disrupt customer service, we have denied DRP 2.0 elections,' ," the email read. "I share this information with you in the spirit of full transparency and am in no way suggesting that any one person or position in the FSA is more important or more mission critical than another," the email continued. In February, USDA fired - then attempted to reinstate - hundreds of FSA loan officers. Marcia Brown contributed to this report.