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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
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
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."
True
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.
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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.
True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
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