USDA Secretary Rollins calls Texas ag chief 'unserious' amid screwworm threat ⊖⊖
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Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller lost his bid for a fourth term in a March Republican primary, despite Trump's endorsement.
43 hours ago
Food supply 'not at risk' after new Texas screwworm cases, USDA secretary says ○
The U.S. will lean on the same playbook it did starting in the late 1950s, part of which involves releasing sterile insects to suppress the pest's population.
48 days ago
Palantir inks $300 million deal with USDA to safeguard food supply ⊕
Palantir is continuing to diversify its business beyond cornerstone military and defense contracts.
63 days ago
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent Easter email to staff touting 'Jesus' and 'God' ⊕
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday compared the rescue of a downed U.S. airman in Iran to the story of Jesus's resurrection.
4 months ago
Trump administration suspends $129m in benefit payments to Minnesota ⊖
USDA notified state’s governor of decision, citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businesses
The Trump administration announced it is suspending $129m in federal benefit payment…
6 months ago
Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem ○
Big farmers grab the lion’s share of US government support, and recent cuts have chipped away at small growers’ markets and margins
The most significant food system failure since the pandemic was not …
Trump officials threaten to withhold Snap funds from Democratic-led states ⊖⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins threatens to pull funds unless states turn over recipient data to US government
The Trump administration has threatened to suspend Snap food assistance to several …
USDA Sec. threatens funding cuts to blue states over alleged SNAP data noncompliance ⊖⊖
The Trump administration threatened to cut off federal funding to blue states over their alleged refusal to share SNAP program data.
12 months ago
Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’ ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Farm country voted for Trump in 2024, but many of his actions – from tariffs to federal cuts – are hurting growers
Donald Trump may have won the votes of the US’s most farming-dependent counties by an…
14 months ago
Black farmers face setbacks over Trump budget cuts: ‘We are in survival mode’ ○
A consortium of Black farmers in the north-east take financial hits as harsh USDA cuts threaten their operations
For the last several weeks, Jocelyn Germany has been asking herself “is it safe for us …