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Trump Administration’s Reckless Reorganization of USDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has announced a controversial reorganization of a critical federal agency. In an announcement, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the administration would move around 2,600 employees out of the department’s Washington, D.C. headquarters and into five regional hubs located in Fort Collins, Colorado; Kansas City, … [continued]
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Changes In The Earth’s Climate Are Making Food Production More Costly
Rising food prices as the result of extreme weather and a hotter, drier climate are having political consequences around the globe.
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‘Big, beautiful bill’ scraps $20M conservation projects in northwest Michigan
The money was slotted for stream restoration and farmland preservation across the region.
This wetland fight could go to the Supreme Court
A pending court case could impact farmers across the country. At issue is a USDA rule aimed at protecting wetlands called “Swampbuster.” In place since 1985, it’s being challenged in court by an absentee landowner in Iowa.
Under Swampbuster, farmers have to agree not to drain or fill their wetlands, in order to receive farm benefits such as crop insurance, disaster relief and USDA loans.
New tick species found in Michigan: what to know
Asian longhorned ticks were recently found in Michigan for the first time. A team of students and researchers at Calvin University discovered the species in a routine environmental surveillance check in Berrien County.