Government & Politics ‘Chaotic’ USDA funding freeze stalls rural renewable projects Thousands of farmers and a dozen rural electric cooperatives wait for news about billions in funds under Trump administration ‘review’ By Mario Alejandro Ariza, Floodlight / 24 Feb 2025
Data Harvest Billions in loans support minority farmers. Trump's DEI rollbacks cast doubt on their future. Although farm loans appear unaffected by President Donald Trump's funding freeze, the administration's rollback of DEI initiatives has cast uncertainty over USDA programs vital to socially By Juan Vassallo, Investigate Midwest / 19 Feb 2025
Technology As the agricultural drone industry takes off, federal regulators struggle to keep up More farms are turning to drones to spray chemicals, but proposed bans and backlog of pilot applications is challenging the growing industry. By Mitchell Lierman, Investigate Midwest / 8 Jan 2025
