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Latest Fact-Checks In Agriculture

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Blake Gendebien
Blake Gendebien
stated on January 30, 2026 an X post:
Milk prices “currently are no higher than they were in 1980’s.”
Mostly True
By Mary McNaughton, Emma Gavazzi • March 31, 2026
U.S. Trade Representative
U.S. Trade Representative
stated on July 20, 2025 a social media post:
“America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.”
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By Gabrielle Lazor • July 24, 2025
Karine Jean-Pierre
Karine Jean-Pierre
stated on November 20, 2023 a White House press briefing:
“Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 1, 2023 a speech in Northfield, Minn.:
"Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Renee Romo • November 7, 2023
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on February 3, 2023 a news release:
New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”
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By Cameron Carr, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on October 25, 2022 a debate:
The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 5, 2022
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 12, 2021 an op-ed:
“In West Virginia, a gallon of gas is nearly one dollar more than it was a year ago, and we’re paying about 30 cents more for a gallon of milk than we did at this time last year.”
Mostly True
By Maxwell Ionno, Olivia Murray • October 5, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 remarks at a public event in Des Moines:
"Under three years of my administration, net farm income has already gone up nearly 50%."
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By Julia Shanahan • May 22, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 news articles and blogs:
Americans "would run out of avocados in three weeks" if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet:
"Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 9, 2019
Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
stated on July 26, 2018 a press release:
"America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 8, 2018 a tweet:
"Canada charges the U.S. a 270% tariff on Dairy Products! They didn’t tell you that, did they? Not fair to our farmers!"
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on April 16, 2018 a campaign ad:
Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • June 7, 2018
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 a White House briefing:
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 a press conference:
"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."
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By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 an interview:
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017
Danielle Nierenberg
Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 a tweet:
"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."
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By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 a news release:
Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them "milk" or "cheese" or "yogurt" is "against the law."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2017
Georgia Farm Bureau
Georgia Farm Bureau
stated on January 8, 2015 a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website:
Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • January 9, 2015
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate:
David Perdue did not support the 2014 farm bill that U.S. Sens. Isakson and Chambliss did.
Mostly True
By April Hunt • October 13, 2014
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