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Latest Fact-Checks In Agriculture

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 6, 2025 remarks at a dinner
Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2025
Brooke Rollins
Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 an interview
“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.
Mostly False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2024 a speech to the National Rifle Association
Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2024
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on September 17, 2021 a radio interview
Ted Budd’s family used AgriBioTech money to help “give donations to these Washington special interest groups that are running negative ads against me in the Senate race.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 8, 2021
Survival International
Survival International
stated on April 22, 2021 a website press release
With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden “will redirect the $30 billion” that Donald Trump “left for U.S. farmers to ‘climate change.’”
Mostly False
February 18, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 24, 2021 a Facebook post
Soybeans dropped 70 cents and corn 50 cents per bushel in two days, causing farmers to lose big money, “thanks to Biden’s executive orders.”
Mostly False
January 28, 2021
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on June 18, 2020 a news release
Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • July 2, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 23, 2020 a Facebook post
“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”
Mostly False
February 26, 2020
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 22, 2020 a news release
Says Gov. Tony Evers "proposed raising taxes on the agriculture industry to pay for expanded welfare programs."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 14, 2020
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on February 19, 2019 a tweet
Farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2019
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on February 24, 2019 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
"We have record bankruptcies in farming country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 20, 2018 a tweet
"The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2018
Trey Blocker
Trey Blocker
stated on January 24, 2018 a commentary in the Odessa American
Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2018
U.S. Dairy Export Council
U.S. Dairy Export Council
stated on May 9, 2016 a press release
Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee
"The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2016
Heather Moore
Heather Moore
stated on November 17, 2015 a Providence Journal commentary
"Each vegan spares more than 100 animals every year."  
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • December 6, 2015
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate
Michelle Nunn ranks agriculture issues as the 18th most important items facing Georgia.
Mostly False
By April Hunt • October 10, 2014
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition
stated on April 1, 2014 a campaign ad
Says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • April 3, 2014
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 5, 2013 a newspaper story
Farming is "one of the fastest growing areas of our economy."
Mostly False
By Gregory Smith • July 18, 2013
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