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Daybreak April 6: Dems decry Trump’s rural cuts in budget plan

04/06/26 9:29 AM By Kim Chipman, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

Democrats are denouncing President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to slash USDA’s budget by $4.9 billion and boost defense funding to the highest level in decades at $1.5 trillion.

President's budget would slash USDA spending by $4.9B

04/03/26 1:38 PM By Kim Chipman, Steve Davies, Sarah Gonzalez, Oliver Ward, and Noah Wicks

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The Department of Agriculture is a “bloated Washington, D.C., bureaucracy,” the Trump administration’s fiscal 2027 budget request says, proposing to cut USDA spending by $4.9 billion, or 19%, from current funding levels and eliminate international food aid programs.

Trump budget slashes USDA programs, international food aid

But RFK Jr.'s MAHA initiative would get $500M

05/02/25 11:57 AM By Rebekah Alvey and Philip Brasher

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President Donald Trump is proposing to slash non-defense spending by nearly 23% in a fiscal 2026 budget that contains $5 billion in cuts to USDA programs, including agricultural research, international food aid, conservation technical assistance to farmers, and rural development. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again initiative is a clear winner in the White House plan.

Roberts: Don’t take crop insurance for granted

02/14/20 3:07 PM By Sara Wyant

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The Trump Administration proposed another blow to the crop insurance industry in the president’s annual budget, but Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kans., made it clear that risk management tools should not be cut because they are crucial for both farmers and consumers.

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