Farmers on TikTok Speak Out About Trump's USDA Funding Freeze
Missouri famers are sharing how USDA funding freezes are impacting their business. There has also been online talk that the freeze is tied to Project 2025.
USDA freezes conservation, other direct farmer funding
Reuters’ P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas reported Saturday that “the U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be affected.
Farmers downsizing due to federal funding freeze of USDA
Although President Trump's move to freeze all federal funding was blocked by a federal judge, farmers still report losing money. Motherland Community Gardens is a non-profit that provides food for Springfield residents and beyond since 2020. Now, the organization is being forced to downsize.
Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds
The White House had repeatedly said the funding freeze would not affect benefits that go directly to individuals.
Farmers reap a bitter harvest when Trump administration freezes USDA funds
Maryland farmers are among those who’ve learned that the latest freeze to federal funds may leave them on the hook for investments made with the promise of federal grants and loans.
Farmers hit by USDA funding freeze
The Iowa Soybean Association, for instance, cited in a letter to lawmakers that $11 million owed to farmers is at risk. Farmers are learning their conservation payments are frozen because those contracts were funded through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
OK farmers hopeful crop purchasing programs will continue under USDA
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USDA raises 2025 red meat outlook, cuts poultry, eggs
The USDA has raised its expectations for 2025 U.S. red meat production. Beef is now pegged at 26.565 billion pounds, up 775 million from January because of expectations for increased placements, ...
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USDA Tweaks South American Numbers in WASDE: Punts on U.S. Carryout
USDA left domestic balance sheets for corn and soybeans unchanged in the February WASDE but did make slight revisions in ...
USDA grant halt squeezes farmers, threatens rising consumer costs
Grants provided to farmers from the USDA have been halted, and now many farmers are not able to be reimbursed for various programs funded by the USDA.
USDA freezes promised farmer payments impacting midwestern growers
The Iowa Soybean Association saying funds from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 5-year Midwest Climate ...
USDA: Second strain of bird flu detected in cattle for the first time
A second strain of bird flu has been detected in U.S. dairy cattle, marking the first confirmed infections of this particular ...
USDA inspector general didn't order 'mass extermination' of birds to drive up cost of poultry, eggs
Although it is standard procedure to kill flocks with the outbreak of bird flu, posts on social media twisted the truth.
USDA says much of Food for Progress aid program can resume, email shows
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday the Food for Progress aid program could resume for agreements made in ...