Thompson bill includes legal employment pathway for undocumented farm workers - Live Updates - POLITICO

Thompson’s proposal would allow some undocumented immigrants to apply for H-2A status if they had already been doing agricultural work in the U.S. The legislation would waive certain immigration violations for migrants so long as they otherwise qualify for the visa program, a provision likely to be opposed by more conservative members of Thompson’s party...

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/30/congress/thompsons-labor-bill-proposes-year-round-h-2a-00980949

 

Facing a Western water crisis, Trump turns to Democrats’ climate law - POLITICO

The sudden willingness to open the federal wallet marks a sharp U-turn for the Trump administration, which froze funding for some of the same efforts last year and has overall sought to claw back billions of dollars of spending from Democrats’ 2022 Inflation Reduction Act…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/02/trump-biden-climate-money-colorado-river-ee-00944211

 

A Michigan County Claiming Solar Farms Are a Health Threat Isn’t Alone — ProPublica

Craig Adair, vice president of development at Open Road Renewables, which has pursued renewable energy projects in several states, has fielded a range of concerns over the years — from how soil could be contaminated to the possibility of electromagnetic fields causing cancer. 

“Those questions, in just about every case, have an answer,” Adair said. “There is rigorous academic study, and there are examples of projects that have been operating.”…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county

“Washington made a choice. A choice to let the laws turn to rust.”

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ePD3TnXf61A

 

How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts

From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts

 

White House announces $12 billion farmer bailout package - POLITICO

The administration drew the $12 billion from a USDA fund using taxpayer dollars, even though the president repeatedly said during the roundtable that the bailout was funded by tariffs...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/white-house-to-announce-farmer-bailout-package-00680633

 

We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02K72QFS0

 

LEAKED Texts Shows Trump Realizing HE SCREWED UP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT5fctvdSnk

 

US farmers warn of breaking point as harvest meets trade war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ENorW8ObNA

Why Farmers Voted For Trump

I'm a farmer, and I'm always surprised when people say we were "lied to" about what Trump would do to us. We weren't! US farmers knew Trump planned another trade war, and that it would hurt our businesses. And a lot of farmers just voted for him anyway. 

Want to know why? Get ready for real talk on wealth and entitlement in agriculture. Today's farm country isn't the same common-sense place that so many Americans' grandparents left behind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=badGHJLDpP8

 

Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil’

The administration's move is "not just stupid, it's evil", said Kyla Bennett, science director with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer), and a former EPA attorney. 

"Cutting funding into research on how these toxic chemicals get into our food will doom us to decades or even hundreds of years more of exposure," Bennett said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-pfas-research-funding-farms

 

A message from our farm workers

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3qCDoDIwwCg

The Truth About Migrant Labor and America’s Economy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6a59GKthxg

Ice raids leave crops unharvested at California farms: ‘We need the labor’

Trump's immigration crackdown has made many immigrant farm workers scared to go to work…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/01/ice-raids-crops-california-farms

 

Bad economic news that even Fox can’t ignore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t218LF2f3LE

 

US immigration officials raid California farms as Trump ramps up conflict | Los Angeles | The Guardian

The raids have been sharply criticized by advocacy groups and local officials, who said they were "outraged and heartbroken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) activities targeting immigrant families". 

"When our workforce's lives are in fear, the fields will go unharvested, the impact is felt not only at the local level, but it will also be felt at the national level," said Jeannette Sanchez-Palacios, the mayor of Ventura, a coastal city just north of Los Angeles. "Everything will be affected and every American who is here and relies on the labor of these individuals will be affected."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-los-angeles-police-mass-arrests-overnight-curfew 

 

Trump has no plan for who will grow US food: ‘There is just flat out nobody to work’ | US immigration | The Guardian

"In the H-2A program, the way they're proposing to get rid of the regulations and any guarantees that workers get is going to look like legalized slavery. The industry understands that they need a labor force, but they [want] a labor force that is going to be afraid, that is going to be grateful because the employer is providing you a job."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/farmworkers-h-2a-trump-agriculture 

 

Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’ | Farming | The Guardian

"Three main policies have been impacting us. Number one is the cancellation of USAID. That's about a billion dollars worth of grain that the United States purchases from farmers like me, and they give it to third world nations who are hungry. To kill that program is a disaster. It's morally bankrupt, and it hurts farmers' bottom line. 

Another thing that's very pressing is the payment freezes to farmers from the USDA. I was involved in the Climate-Smart practices. We were paid to implement stewardship practices that the USDA has been preaching since the Dust Bowl. The added benefit is these practices combat climate change. That's what the current administration doesn't want anything to do with. … 

I try to explain to people, if I were a repair person, and I went to my local grade school and fixed their furnace, and in the meantime, a new school board was elected, I still deserve to be paid. I've signed a contract with the USDA. The full faith and credit of the United States is at risk, because if Uncle Sam will renege on a farmer, they'll renege on anybody. 

The third one is the tariff situation. China is and has been our number one export for soybeans; 100% of the soybeans that I grow are exported. During Trump's first administration, half of all the soybeans that China purchased were from the United States. By the end of his first administration, it was down to a quarter. Now Brazil has taken over our role as the number one importer of soybeans into China. From an environmental standpoint, that means more deforestation in the Amazon. Mexico purchases 40% of all the corn in the United States. And he wants to have a trade war with Mexico? Mexico can just as easily buy their grain from Argentina and Brazil…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/23/trump-farmers-policy 

Trump vowed to help US farmers. These four say his policies are ‘wreaking havoc’ | Farming | The Guardian

"The policies of the Trump administration are wreaking havoc on family farmers. It's been terrible," said John Bartman, a row crop farmer in Illinois. Bartman is owed thousands of dollars for sustainable practices he implemented on his row crop operation as part of the USDA's Climate-Smart program. 

And he's not the only one. Other farmers across the country are reporting that the Trump administration's policies have destroyed their markets by ending programs that help farmers sell their produce to local schools and food banks; implementing draconian immigration policies that destabilize the farm labor pool; and generally creating volatility that makes it hard for farmers to plan ahead...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/23/trump-farmers-policy

 

Elon has a seed problem...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lw5mn73hZ3I