Your Farm-Related COVID-19 News Roundup
What you need to know about how the novel coronavirus is affecting farming and food.
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Your Farm-Related COVID-19 News Roundup
What you need to know about how the novel coronavirus is affecting farming and food.
UPDATE: Bills Aim to Ensure People Have Enough Food During Coronavirus
But it’s being held up by partisan debates.
Trump Administration Rolls Back Waters of the United States Rule
The new version could have disastrous effects on American clean water—but plays to Trump’s political base.
Cattle Ranchers Are Calling Out the Trump Administration
They have a hashtag and everything.
Trump Administration Hits Corn Farmers With Huge Ethanol Waivers
Some refineries won’t have to use ethanol at all—a big problem for farmers.
Trump Administration Wants to Ease the Way for More GMO Crops
The Department of Agriculture issued a proposal for how to treat genetically modified crops in the future, amounting to an overhaul.
Trump Administration Rolls Back School Nutrition Standards
Ever since he took office, Donald Trump has made it a point to roll back as many of his predecessor’s policies as possible.
Trump’s $12 Billion Bailout Is a “Very Pricey Bandage Over a Deeper Wound”
Details of the bailout are still unknown: it is not clear exactly when, how, or how much farmers will be able to receive.
“Farmers for Free Trade” Runs Ad During “Fox and Friends” To Get Trump’s Attention
The commercial features a farmer from Montana and will run in D.C. and Florida, where the president spends most of his time.
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