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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

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

Southwest Farm Press
stated on January 22, 2018 a news story:

"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 a speech in Indianapolis:

Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017

Bloggers
stated on June 28, 2017 a blog post:

"Over $13 million worth of crops have ROTTED in California, all because no one is willing to work jobs vacated by migrants."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • July 24, 2017

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."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017

Uspoln Website
stated on May 20, 2017 a post:

"Trump’s Top Scientist Pick: ‘Scientists Are Just Dumb Regular People That Think Dinosaurs Existed And The Earth Is Getting Warmer’"

Pants on Fire!

By Miriam Valverde • June 6, 2017

Chris Collins
stated on April 28, 2017 an interview with Bloomberg:

Farmers "are now dumping milk into the ditches" because of a trade dispute with Canada

False

By Dan Clark • May 18, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 a press conference:

"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."

Mostly True

By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017

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.

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017

World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 a tweet:

"Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions.

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017

Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 a tweet:

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017

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

Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech:

"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016

Jeannette Vaught
stated on May 4, 2016 an op-ed published in the Austin American-Statesman:

"Only five Texas counties account for almost 90 percent of the (state’s) cattle industry."

False

By Fauzeya Rahman • July 29, 2016

Luis Gutierrez
stated on May 12, 2016 in a speech:

"Every single strawberry that is served to Members of Congress will have passed through the rough hands of an undocumented immigrant."

Half-True

By Taylor Leighton • July 22, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 1, 2016 a news conference:

"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2016

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

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 19, 2016 a TV ad :

Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2016

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

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