The abrupt termination of a $59 million federal grant has affected 27 jobs at the University of Idaho.

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported Thursday on the fallout from the funding cut, which was announced last week.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture program was designed to pilot climate-friendly farming practices. More than 200 Idaho growers applied for a share of the money, and the U of I hired 27 people to administer the program.

“It was a five-year grant, so we hired people with that in mind and people were employed with that expectation,” entomology professor and program co-director Sanford Eigenbrode told Anthony Kuipers of the Daily News.

Some of the job cuts affected international students, who will have to find new jobs to meet their visa requirements, Eigenbrode told Kuipers.

While sudden, the feds’ move isn’t final.

The U of I can reapply for the grant to meet the Trump administration’s guidelines — including a requirement that growers receive at least 65% of the grant money.

The application deadline is June 20.

Eigenbrode has said he’s confident about the long-term prospects, but he said the U of I is trying to get details about the new grant criteria.

“We’re trying to work on it without knowing exactly what we’re working on,” he told Kuipers.