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Trump spending freeze sticks Iowa farmers with millions in bills for conservation work [View all]
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2025/02/14/donald-trump-federal-spending-freeze-iowa-farmers-owed-millions-climate-smart-agriculture/78407310007/President Donald Trump’s freeze on federal spending has stuck hundreds of farmers in Iowa and across the Midwest with millions of dollars in bills for conservation work they carried out under programs to help improve the region’s soil health and water quality.
About 1,000 farmers in Midwestern states are owed $11 million — roughly $10 million of it in Iowa — under federal initiatives that pledged to pay them for planting soil-stabilizing cover crops and undertaking other conservation initiatives in 2024, the Iowa Soybean Association says.
Trump’s actions, part of a broad government review now underway, also leave in doubt another $86 million promised farmers under a five-year "climate smart" agriculture initiative approved during the Biden administration.
Can I add this to Latest Breaking News, even tho it's Iowa specific? The fascist puppet's actions are impacting agriculture nationwide. I like to eat, and all.
About 1,000 farmers in Midwestern states are owed $11 million — roughly $10 million of it in Iowa — under federal initiatives that pledged to pay them for planting soil-stabilizing cover crops and undertaking other conservation initiatives in 2024, the Iowa Soybean Association says.
Trump’s actions, part of a broad government review now underway, also leave in doubt another $86 million promised farmers under a five-year "climate smart" agriculture initiative approved during the Biden administration.
Can I add this to Latest Breaking News, even tho it's Iowa specific? The fascist puppet's actions are impacting agriculture nationwide. I like to eat, and all.
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