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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%."

Mostly True

By Julia Shanahan • May 22, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2020 a Facebook post:

"Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."

Half-True

By Bill McCarthy • May 18, 2020

Paul Farrow
stated on April 30, 2020 online post:

Says a meat shortage is “not expected”

Half-True

By Nusaiba Mizan • May 5, 2020

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

By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2020

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

Tom Tiffany
stated on December 12, 2019 a debate:

Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.

Pants on Fire!

By Laura Schulte • January 15, 2020

Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 27, 2019 a policy paper posted on Medium:

Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2019

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

Cory Booker
stated on March 18, 2019 an interview on MSNBC:

"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."

False

By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2019

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
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

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."

True

By Chris Nichols • February 14, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 4, 2019 a Facebook post:

"By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world's seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2019

Viral image
stated on February 5, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Stacey Abrams said "Who needs agriculture when you can just get food at the store?"

Pants on Fire!

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2019

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

Scott Walker
stated on September 20, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Tony Evers will "raise property taxes, raise income taxes and raise gas taxes by as much as a dollar a gallon."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2018

Jon Tester
stated on August 3, 2018 on candidate's website:

Says Matt Rosendale "consistently supported land use rules that would help developers like him and hurt farmers in Montana."

Half-True

By John Kruzel • August 9, 2018

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
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

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

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