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 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 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 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).
Trump's funding freeze is hitting farmers. Democrats hope it costs Republicans in the midterms.
A super PAC aligned with congressional Democrats is identifying 9 vulnerable GOP incumbents who represent lots of farmers impacted by the freeze.
Maine farmers report impacts from Trump's federal funding freeze
Several farmers told NEWS CENTER Maine they're being directly impacted by President Donald Trump's federal funding freeze, which is currently tied up in courts.
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