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These 13 large cities have added farms. Trump’s DEI cuts could jeopardize continued growth.
The number of farms in America has long been on a steady decline, shrinking by 9.9% from 2012 to 2022, according to the USDA ...
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‘Chaotic’ USDA funding freeze stalls rural renewable projects
Thousands of farmers and a dozen rural electric cooperatives wait for news about billions in funds under Trump administration ...
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Author Archives: Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight
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Billions in loans support minority farmers. Trump’s DEI rollbacks cast doubt on their future.
Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI ...
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Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers’ expense
America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, ...
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FTC should not let John Deere off the hook
Just days before Donald Trump moved back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, in a heavily redacted complaint, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued farm equipment manufacturer John Deere, claiming it ...
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The social cost of climate change isn’t zero, Mr. President
That the newly minted POTUS signed an executive order on Day 1 to begin the process of pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord certainly wasn’t a shock. In his first go round in ...
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President Trump’s tariffs bring return of uncertainty for America’s farmers
The flags of Mexico, Canada and the United States are shown near the Ambassador Bridge, on Feb. 3, 2025, in Detroit. photo by Paul Sancya, AP Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast ...
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Fertilizer use drives the majority of Iowa’s agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
A stream in Iowa polluted by swine manure. photo by Dana W. Kolpin, U.S. Geological Survey, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Iowa’s farmlands are hotbeds for greenhouse gases, with nitrous oxide ...