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Midwest farmers look to plow through Biden’s electric-vehicle push

Corn growers are demanding biofuels be key in Biden's in climate plans. But the president's focused on electric vehicles.

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Biden mulls giving farmers billions to fight climate change. Even farmers are unsure about the plan.

Some question the effectiveness of paying farmers to sink more carbon into their soil, while others worry it could let polluters off the hook.

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Topics: Agriculture Global, Climate Change,

‘Garbage’ models and black boxes? The science of climate disaster planning

Scientists warn that the data may be too unreliable to guide the precautions that governments, businesses and retirement fund managers must take in the coming decades.

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TOPIC(S): USDA, Government / Policies,

01/31/2021 SOURCE: www.politico.com

A $30B fund sitting inside USDA tees up a tug-of-war

A Depression-era financial institution was used by the Trump administration to dole out billions to farmers. Now the Biden team has their own ideas about how the money should be spent.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Economics, USDA,

America’s rural crisis triggers calls for Biden to name rural czar

President Joe Biden's platform lays out ambitious goals for rural regions.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Government / Policies,

01/25/2021 SOURCE: www.politico.com

America’s rural crisis triggers calls for Biden to name rural czar

President Joe Biden's platform lays out ambitious goals for rural regions.

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TOPIC(S): Food Waste, USDA, World Hunger, Food Security/Shortage,

12/20/2020 SOURCE: www.politico.com

Low-income children wait months for USDA food aid to replace school meals

"It should be a four-alarm fire," says one expert, given the high hunger rates among families.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA,

12/04/2020 SOURCE: www.politico.com

New candidates for Agriculture secretary emerge as Biden faces pushback on Heitkamp

Insiders want the short list to be expanded beyond Heidi Heitkamp and Marcia Fudge....

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA,

10/15/2020 SOURCE: www.politico.com

Sonny Perdue faces ethics questions over his business holdings

The latest scrutiny stems from the agriculture secretary's wealth of current and former interests in agriculture, trucking and land development.

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Topics: Food/Nutrition, Coronavirus/COVID,

'Unprecedented': 1 in 6 households with children report kids are not getting enough to eat

The analysis comes from a new report by the Brookings Institution based on recent weekly Census Bureau survey data.

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Midwest farmers look to plow through Biden’s electric-vehicle push

Biden mulls giving farmers billions to fight climate change. Even farmers are unsure about the plan.

‘Garbage’ models and black boxes? The science of climate disaster planning

A $30B fund sitting inside USDA tees up a tug-of-war

America’s rural crisis triggers calls for Biden to name rural czar

America’s rural crisis triggers calls for Biden to name rural czar

Low-income children wait months for USDA food aid to replace school meals

New candidates for Agriculture secretary emerge as Biden faces pushback on Heitkamp

Sonny Perdue faces ethics questions over his business holdings

'Unprecedented': 1 in 6 households with children report kids are not getting enough to eat

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