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Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) explained that millions of cows and pigs will be euthanized if the status quo of varying economic restrictions across the country, ostensibly in response to the coronavirus outbreak, continue. He offered his remarks on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

A potato farm in Oakley, Idaho, is helping its neighbors put food on their tables during the coronavirus pandemic. 

A new rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Agriculture Department (USDA) allows H-2A foreign visa workers to remain in the United States for longer than three years. 

President Trump says he has committed to American farmers to continue admitting large numbers of H-2A foreign visa workers to take agricultural jobs even as jobless claims are set to climb above 3.3 million in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus crisis. 

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, a member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, told Breitbart News this weekend that the “real modern-day heroes” fighting the coronavirus crisis are those making sure food supply chains are up and running through this prolonged national shutdown.

“Devin and Kevin set it up long before we heard that mini Mike hates the farmer,” Trump said as the crowd booed. “Long before we learned about his hatred of the farmer and disrespect of the farmer.”

Country rock legend Charlie Daniels ripped Michael Bloomberg (D) on Monday after the presidential hopeful’s belittling remarks about farmers resurfaced, noting that the billionaire knows “as much about farming as a hog knows about an airplane.”

Tuesday on the Fox News Channel, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) slammed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, for his comments on farmers.

A scientist speaking at the National Farmers Union conference have argued that living a vegan lifestyle is more damaging to the environment than eating meat.

Support for President Donald Trump among American farmers is on the rise, according to a new poll released this week.

Tom Steyer’s call to end tariffs on Chinese goods made with “filthy manufacturing processes” will end “global warming,” joked Alan Tonelson.

American farmers are turning to YouTube in growing numbers to supplement their income as making a living through agriculture and livestock is becoming increasingly difficult, according to a new report.

Amsterdam is once again choked with tractors in a zero-notice strike after the Dutch government voted to pass new green legislation.

The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed Tuesday will provide “significant long-term economic benefits” to California farmers, the Fresno Bee reports.

American farmers are backing President Trump in the United States’ trade war with China, calling the president’s billions in federal aid to farmers “a godsend.”

Trump said that Argentina and Brazil had devalued their currencies and hurt U.S. farmers. He also called on the Fed to cut rates.

Thousands of farmers from across Germany took to the streets of Berlin on Tuesday to protest the government’s agricultural policy with an estimated 8,600 tractors blocking traffic.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not care about farmers during the fifth Democrat debate.

“We shouldn’t have to pay farmers to take the edge off a trade war that should not have started in the first place,” Pete Buttigieg said.

President Trump has said he got a commitment from China to buy $50 billion of farm products. China is balking.

Thousands of farmers in their tractors have taken to the streets of Germany, protesting the government’s environmentalist agenda and the climate of hostility that agriculture faces from urban eco-warriors.

That’s a five-point jump in approval from August, as the president also experienced a twelve-point jump in farmers saying that they “strongly approved” the president.

House Democrats are proposing to block President Donald Trump’s aid to farmers amidst the country’s tariff fight with China, which could have a devastating impact on America’s farmers.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) signaled that he is open to the possibility of a “meat tax” to help combat climate change, according to a video of a Q&A session at his town hall event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Thursday.

The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, who is also the CEO of Amazon, released an editorial this week blasting the enforcement of national immigration law as “cruel” and said U.S. businesses should not be deprived of employing illegal alien workers.

An Iowa farmer confronted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) over her support of the Green New Deal, explaining that he takes issue with the plan’s intent to eliminate cows, to which Warren replied with a hesitant, “Eh.”

China’s attempt to punish American farmers for U.S. trade policies has not shaken support for President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump declared in all-caps on Twitter Saturday that Mexico will begin purchasing large amounts of U.S. agricultural products.

China’s state controlled orders of U.S. soybeans have been halted, according to a report from Bloomberg.

President Donald Trump directed assistance for America’s farmers while long-term trade deals are negotiated, leading the Agriculture Secretary to announce $16 billion in aid Thursday.

The event is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. EST.

President Trump did not definitively support a provision in his immigration plan that would make the E-Verify system mandatory for all employers to ensure that American jobs go to American workers, not illegal aliens.

President Donald Trump emphasized Monday the U.S. could employ tariffs on yet another $325 billion in Chinese goods while revealing that decision has yet to be made.

Vice President Mike Pence reassured Minnesota farmers this week that the Trump administration is working “literally hour by hour to reach an agreement with China.”

Democrat 2020 candidate Robert “Beto” O’Rourke warned that civilization is on a ten-year deadline before leaving kids with “hell” as he defended plans to pay farmers not to use all of their land.

The Trump administration sued California’s State Water Resourced Control Board (SWRCB) in federal court in Sacramento on Thursday, escalating a legal war over the fate of the water in the San Joaquin River valley system.