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Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers’ expense
America’s dairy industry is being ravaged by bird flu, leading to a significant decline in milk production in many states, ...
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Billions in loans support minority farmers. Trump’s DEI rollbacks cast doubt on their future.
Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump’s funding freeze, the administration’s rollback of DEI ...
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Fertilizer use drives the majority of Iowa’s agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
Iowa’s farmlands are hotbeds for greenhouse gases, with nitrous oxide accounting for 59% of agricultural emissions in 2022.
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The social cost of climate change isn’t zero, Mr. President
That the newly minted POTUS signed an executive order on Day 1 to begin the process of pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord certainly wasn’t a shock. In his first go round in ...
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FTC should not let John Deere off the hook
Just days before Donald Trump moved back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, in a heavily redacted complaint, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued farm equipment manufacturer John Deere, claiming it ...
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With Lee Zeldin tapped to head EPA, President Trump sets the stage for regulatory rollbacks
Lee Zeldin, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, testifies during his Senate Environment and Public Works confirmation hearing on Jan. 16, ...
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President Trump’s tariffs bring return of uncertainty for America’s farmers
The flags of Mexico, Canada and the United States are shown near the Ambassador Bridge, on Feb. 3, 2025, in Detroit. photo by Paul Sancya, AP Bob Hemesath has spent his entire life on his Northeast ...
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EPA environmental justice staff ousted amid ongoing industrial ag complaints
Main entrance of U.S. EPA Headquarters; the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building on 12th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. photo by Carol McKinney Highsmith via Wikimedia Commons President Donald ...
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The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump’s war on DEI
Screenshots of EPA’s dropdown menu on its homepage from before and after Trump’s inauguration. screenshot by Environmental Data Governance Initiative This story was originally published by Grist. When ...