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#USDA freezes #farmer #funding

The US Dept of #Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the #Trump admin that programs helping farmers would not be affected in the govt overhaul.

The impact has been immediate & wide-ranging, from cash assistance for #ranchers to fix #cattle watering systems to help for #corn growers wanting to plant cover crops that curb wind #erosion.

#economy #food #TrumpCoup #law
reuters.com/world/us/usda-free

Our regional university extension center caters to #farmers, #ranchers and #vineyards in our rural county. Today, they announced grief coping training sessions offered all Autumn around the impact #ClimateChange and the #ClimateCrisis is having on local #Agriculture. It’s sobering that it has come to this… Here’s their announcement copy.

“Are you experiencing stress and/or strong emotions related to how climate change is impacting your farm or ranch or agricultural job? Join us for an hour-long meeting with other producers to learn about climate stress and grief and develop strategies for coping with them.”

#Oregon State University Extension Service aims to help ranchers and #farmers with climate #stress, grief

"With #drought, wildfire and other extreme weather events, climate change is bringing stress and a feeling of uncertainty for many farmers and #ranchers."

#climatestress

opb.org/article/2024/08/13/thi

OPB · OSU Extension Service aims to help ranchers and farmers with climate stress, griefBy Rolando Hernandez

We are from rural Midwest ("farmed along Salt Creek, a few miles from the town of Chestnut, Illinois, population then 450. Later we moved to the nearby town of Mt. Pulaski, then pop. 1700") bikemonterey.org/about/about-m. And we agree with these words from Sarah Smarsh:

“I winced when political spin and coastal #media coverage made cruel words that my people would never speak and big trucks that they could never afford the dominant image of #rural, working-class and poor whites….#Farmers, #ranchers and land stewards have a critical stake in addressing #ClimateChange, even if they don’t use the same language as #environmental activists….People in #SmallTowns are often #hopeful, #cooperative folks who find creative solutions to #local problems and are ruled by a sense of #responsibility to community.” nytimes.com/2024/08/07/opinion

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