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Ahead of the holidays, we revisit this conversation about changing SNAP benefits and food insecurity in Iowa.
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The Census of Agriculture produces the clearest snapshot of agriculture in the U.S. as it exists. The USDA will begin mailing questionnaires to all known agricultural producers this month.
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Mindy Brashears, the former head of the USDA's agency overseeing meatpacking plants, has been largely quiet about her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in exclusive interviews, she addresses the criticism the USDA put food production over worker safety.
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Iowa on Friday to announce $32 million in grants for mass timber projects.
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An influential hog dealer sanctioned twice for defrauding pork producers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars says it has fired employees responsible for its latest violations and paid restitution to affected sellers.
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The total increase in food stamp payments will be $3.5 billion. That boost in SNAP benefits is financed from the recently approved pandemic relief package.
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A years-long bipartisan effort to improve competition in agriculture could benefit from the new administration.
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The USDA is projecting higher incomes across farm businesses this year, mostly because of federal relief payments.
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The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture traveled to Iowa to celebrate a new program that awards grants so retailers can sell higher blends of biofuels.
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Farmers who grow many different types of crops and raise livestock will receive direct payments from the United States Department of Agriculture through…