02/16/2025
How will the Trump administration's elimination of federal agencies and thousands of civil servants impact America's farmers, specifically their access to much-needed global markets, not to mention the future of agricultural research that reduces incidences of crop failure and promotes food security around the globe and here at home? Read more in the first reporting for my ongoing investigation for AgWeb.com and Farm Journal:
A newly introduced bill and judicial review could stall some damage, but a number of U.S. producers will likely still feel economic pain. Funding cuts will also impact 19 land-grant university-based innovation labs in 17 states.