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1 week ago | 
m.farms.com | Andrew Sharp |Barn Raiser
By Andrew Sharp and Barn RaiserVisit a dairy farm anywhere in the country and odds are decent you’ll overhear conversations in Spanish. Like other farmers in the United States, dairy farmers rely on immigrant laborers from Mexico or Central America, many of them without authorization to work here. Immigrant labor is vital in getting milk to market, whether it’s moving cows through milking machines, taking care of chores that milking robots still can’t do or trucking milk across the country.
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1 month ago | 
ncnewsonline.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Barn Raiser
Chicago, IL (Barn Raiser)Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, right, with Elon Musk. Rollins's agency has been working in close partnership with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency. (Secretary Brooke Rollins)kAmp#$ :D E96 5:G:D:@? @7 E96 &]$] s6A2CE>6?E @7 p8C:4F=EFC6 W&$spX E2D<65 H:E9 AC@G:5:?8 E96 28C:4F=EFC2= C6D62C49[ 65F42E:@?
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1 month ago | 
investigatemidwest.org | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Barn Raiser
This story was originally published by Barn Raiser. On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump claimed his administration would end the “censorship of protected speech.” But actions speak louder than words. Thanks to a leaked email memo, we now know the Trump administration has drawn up a list of 110 words and phrases that have now been banned from use in the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Barn Raiser
NowSupreme Court pauses midnight deadline to return man mistakenly deported to El SalvadorCNN — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a court-imposed midnight deadline to return to the US a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, agreeing to a request from President Donald Trump that will give the justices more time to consider the case. Chief Justice John …2 hours agoDon't Wait to Renew Your Passport.
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1 month ago | 
popularresistance.org | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
Above photo: Thousands of farmers and small rural business owners have been left in limbo because of the Trump administration’s decision to freeze funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for renewable energy projects. Dee J. Hall, Floodlight. Then The Government Changed The Rules. Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses now in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites that favor fossil fuels over renewables.
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1 month ago | 
portside.org | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
Farmers in Trump Country Were Counting on Clean Energy Grants. Then the Government Changed the Rules. Published March 29, 2025 The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects—but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Ames Alexander |Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. The move has left some farmers perplexed — and doubtful that they’ll ever get the grant money they were promised, given the Trump administration’s emphasis on fossil fuels and hostility toward renewable energy.
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1 month ago | 
arkansasadvocate.com | Mario Ariza |Joe Engleman |Barn Raiser
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late Tuesday it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities. The move has left some farmers perplexed — and doubtful that they’ll ever […]
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1 month ago | 
resilience.org | Winona LaDuke |Barn Raiser
This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. Greenpeace and the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline square off in court. It’s been eight years since the water protectors were cleared off the banks of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers. It was a bitter ending to a battle to protect the water at Standing Rock, and for most of us water protectors, we have not seen a lot of justice, particularly in North Dakota.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
messenger-inquirer.com | Barn Raiser
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