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Troy Downing's trade war is wrecking Montana agriculture #maga #montana #agriculture
Troy Downing and Donald Trump are waging a reckless trade war that is hammering Montana's agricultural economy.
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Gabe Evans plays a rancher in his ad. He owns three cows.
MAGA Republican Gabe Evans is running a campaign ad hauling hay and claiming fifteen years of ranching in Colorado.
Zach Lahn Picked a Running Mate Whose Farm Is Now in Receivership. A Sheriff Has an Open Investigation, and a Co-Op's Lawyer Called His Payments 'Acts of Fraud.'
Lahn named Derek Wulf his lieutenant governor pick on June 12. A Des Moines Register investigation found eight people or businesses have sued Wulf or his company since 2023, a judge has placed his farm in receivership, and the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office has an active investigation.
Gabe Evans' New Ad Says He's Spent 15 Years 'Ranching.' His Own Disclosure Shows $345 in Farm Profits From Livestock — Below the Rancher Standard His Spokeswoman Named.
Evans owns three cows. His campaign ad shows him hauling hay and calls it ranching. His spokeswoman said the USDA counts anyone earning over $1,000 from agriculture as a rancher — and his latest disclosure reports $345.
Ashley Hinson Wrote a Bill to Void Other States' Farm Rules. Iowa Farmers Say It Punishes the Ones Who Already Paid to Follow Them.
Hinson's Save Our Bacon Act would stop states from setting conditions on livestock products sold inside their borders. Iowa hog and dairy farmers stood in a field in Elkhart and said it would punish the producers who paid to meet California's standard.
Rick Crawford Called Trump's Tariffs 'a Powerful Move to Help Support American Ag Producers.' That Same Year, Arkansas Led the Nation in Family Farm Bankruptcies.
A new University of Arkansas tracking project counts 83 farm bankruptcies in Arkansas since 2021 — second only to California, and the most family-farm filings of any state in the country. Crawford told Arkansas farmers the trade war wouldn't hurt them in 2018 — and was still calling the tariffs a powerful move for farmers in 2025.
208 House Republicans Just Voted to Lock In the Food-Safety Layoffs. Complaints About Contaminated Meat Had Risen 40%.
H.R. 8646 passed 213-210 on June 4. It comes in $380 million below last year and, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses "to account for staffing reductions" — the nearly 4,300 FDA and roughly 900 meat-inspection jobs already gone. 188 members with a page on this site voted yes. Four voted no.
Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany Voted for a Budget That Locks In the Loss of Food Inspectors. Food Safety Complaints Had Just Jumped 40%.
The FDA has lost nearly 4,300 employees and USDA's meat inspection service about 900 since the start of 2025. On June 4, both Wisconsin Republicans voted for a bill cutting the agriculture and FDA budget another 1.4% — one that, in the Appropriations Committee's own words, reduces salaries and expenses 'to account for staffing reductions.'
Ben Cline Says He's Listening to Farmers. Virginia's Cattlemen Called Trump's Beef Deal 'Bad Policy' 90 Minutes Later.
Cline posted about a Farm Bureau listening session on Sunday afternoon. At 3:21 p.m. the Virginia Cattlemen's Association — headquartered a ten-minute drive from his house — warned that Trump's plan to import 300,000 metric tons of ground beef will hurt producers. Cline voted to strip the House of its power to vote on Trump's tariffs for the rest of that session.