04/02/2025 SOURCE: www.usatoday.com
Another program that helps schools access locally grown fresh food is being delayed due to federal cuts, impacting some Indiana schools.
Indiana kids, farmers lose funding as USDA suspends farm to school grants for 2025
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04/02/2025 SOURCE: civileats.com
Tariffs would affect not only farmers and eaters but also the small, independent restaurants that are mainstays of American communities.
Op-ed: How Trump’s Tariffs Could Impact Your Local Restaurant
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03/31/2025 SOURCE: www.thune.senate.gov
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03/25/2025 SOURCE: www.agproud.com
Declining Agricultural Representation in Idaho’s Legislature
Idaho’s legislature has seen a steep decline in members with agricultural backgrounds, dropping from 50% in 1985 to around 20% today. This shift reflects broader national trends, where urban influence is growing, and farmers face greater challenges getting elected due to time, money, and aggressive political campaigns. Though legislators unfamiliar with agriculture are often willing to learn, their ideologies can sometimes impede progress on critical issues like water management and livestock inspection fees. Experts urge farmers and ranchers to engage directly with legislators, offering farm tours and building relationships to ensure agriculture’s concerns are represented and understood in policymaking.
Are your state representatives farmers or ranchers? Does your state senator come from a career in ag? Does anyone from your legislative district even have ties to production agriculture? According to Doug Jones, state representative from 1985-2005, for the 2025 session, he counts around 20 members of both houses as agriculturalists.
Number of farmers and ranchers serving in legislature declining
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Follow the directions to see the poll results regarding farmers' support of tariffs.
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02/13/2025 SOURCE: thehill.com
The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly confirmed Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture as the chamber kept up its intense pace to confirm President Trump’s choices to head his a…
Senate confirms Brooke Rollins to lead USDA
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Truth about Rwanda, Burundi and DRC as said by Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere.
Retired Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere on Wednesday blamed the Zairean government for causing the latest crisis in the Great Lakes region by seeking to e...
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02/02/2025 SOURCE: abcnews.go.com
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed officials to remove content related to climate change from its public websites, according to emails obtained by ABC News.
USDA orders removal of climate change mentions from public websites
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01/22/2025 SOURCE: fedscoop.com
USDA's Gary Washington and USAID's Jason Gray have been asked to fill vacant leadership roles at their agencies in an acting capacity.
CIOs of USDA, USAID named agency leaders until Trump picks enter office
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