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Latest Fact-Checks In Agriculture

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Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
stated on June 12, 2025 X, formerly Twitter:
“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2025
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 Twitter:
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 17, 2022 a news release:
Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2022
Abigail Spanberger
Abigail Spanberger
stated on June 16, 2022 an op-ed.:
“The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
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By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2022
Lorraine Lewandrowski
Lorraine Lewandrowski
stated on February 24, 2021 a hearing of the New York Senate Agriculture Committee:
It’s not currently “legal for a New York state student to have a glass of fresh whole milk.”
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By John Pullano • June 7, 2021
Theresa Greenfield
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 30, 2020 comments at a campaign rally:
Farm bankruptcies are "at an eight-year high."
True
By Lyle Muller • October 31, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 12, 2019 a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
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By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015
Centers for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control
stated on July 16, 2015 radio interview:
Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 4, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2015 social media posts.:
"The House of Representatives just voted 300-131 to remove ‘country-of-origin labeling’ on chicken, pork, and beef sold in the U.S."
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By Linda Qiu • July 2, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech in Iowa:
"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
stated on November 24, 2014 a Facebook post:
"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2014
Rick North
Rick North
stated on September 24, 2013 an opinion piece for Blue Oregon.:
Says Oregonians for Food and Shelter "proudly features board members from Monsanto and Syngenta and the (Oregon) Farm Bureau also receives funding from biotech companies."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 11, 2013
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on May 15, 2013 a U.S. House committee meeting.:
Says 97 percent of food stamp benefits "are paid in the proper amounts to people who are really eligible."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 25, 2013
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on June 12, 2013 a conference call with reporters:
"Some of these members of the House of Representatives get hundreds of thousands of dollars in farm subsidies" but want to cut food stamps.
True
By Stephen Koff • June 18, 2013
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on December 21, 2012 in a news release:
Says ending the direct payment farm subsidy program "could save up to $28.4 billion over ten years that could be used to reduce the deficit."
True
By Charles Pope • February 1, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau:
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
True
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on July 25, 2012 an announcement at the Ohio State Fair:
"Ninety percent of the topsoil has inadequate moisture to grow crops."
True
By Aaron Marshall • August 8, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 24, 2012 the State of the Union address:
Says he eliminated an EPA rule that treated spilled milk like it was oil.
True
By Molly Moorhead • January 25, 2012
Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 a debate:
Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.
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By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
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