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Some, if not all PCSC grants are suspended. Will they come back, doubtful. Innovative approaches to regenerative agriculture & coalition building potentially down the drain. Aiming to destroy NGOs and punish corporations for working with them. What can’t they do
www.kciiradio.com/2025/02/13/f...
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Federal Funding Frozen for Iowa Farmers
Iowa farmers could be impacted by a funding freeze with the United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program and the Rural Energy for America Program funds...
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February 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some, if not all PCSC grants are suspended. Will they come back, doubtful. Innovative approaches to regenerative agriculture & coalition building potentially down the drain. Aiming to destroy NGOs and punish corporations for working with them. What can’t they do
www.kciiradio.com/2025/02/13/f...
www.kciiradio.com/2025/02/13/f...
Until I am proven otherwise, the Biden admin, invested in the US to create jobs and develop markets. Trumps team retracts markets, prints money for bailouts, and cuts jobs / grants which all generate tax revenue. Make it make sense. @reuters.com @politico.com
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Trump pick to lead USDA eyes payments to farmers to cover trade losses from tariffs
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday she would consider direct payments to farmers to offset losses from proposed tariffs, modeled after the approach taken in Trump's first term.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Until I am proven otherwise, the Biden admin, invested in the US to create jobs and develop markets. Trumps team retracts markets, prints money for bailouts, and cuts jobs / grants which all generate tax revenue. Make it make sense. @reuters.com @politico.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
A shift from the news regarding federal grant issues. Working within the microbial process for nutrient acquisition is a step in the right direction for improving soil vitality. Doing this to scale is the challenge. Agribio Systems is attempting this.
news.mit.edu/2025/pivot-b...
news.mit.edu/2025/pivot-b...
Pivot Bio is using microbial nitrogen to make agriculture more sustainable
Pivot Bio, co-founded by MIT Professor Chris Voigt, is making farming more sustainable with nitrogen-producing microbes that can replace synthetic fertilizer.
news.mit.edu
February 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A shift from the news regarding federal grant issues. Working within the microbial process for nutrient acquisition is a step in the right direction for improving soil vitality. Doing this to scale is the challenge. Agribio Systems is attempting this.
news.mit.edu/2025/pivot-b...
news.mit.edu/2025/pivot-b...
Unilaterally pausing contractually obligated funds for farmers. The precedent this sets if judge rulings are not adhered to, is dangerous.
www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/140...
www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/140...
Outrage Over Freeze in Conservation Funding in D.C. Hits Fever Pitch
The Washington D.C.-based National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition issued its second sharply-worded news release in a week denouncing the freezes, some of which target conservation programs the admi...
www.no-tillfarmer.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Unilaterally pausing contractually obligated funds for farmers. The precedent this sets if judge rulings are not adhered to, is dangerous.
www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/140...
www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/140...
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The National Science Foundation benefits the State of Iowa through funding over $74M (FY'23) in research, education, and investment in business partnerships. This equates to jobs, degrees, new knowledge, and a skilled workforce for STEM careers. Fact sheets by state: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
January 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The National Science Foundation benefits the State of Iowa through funding over $74M (FY'23) in research, education, and investment in business partnerships. This equates to jobs, degrees, new knowledge, and a skilled workforce for STEM careers. Fact sheets by state: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s...
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NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Trump decimating the countryside and his voters. Gutting programs meant to help and aid farmers. Being a part of these grants has been amazing work and now it is all uncertain. Contracts already signed. @reuters.com @mcuban.bsky.social @pjhuffstutter.bsky.social
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USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs, conservation contracts
It surprised many in a community that voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
www.reuters.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Trump decimating the countryside and his voters. Gutting programs meant to help and aid farmers. Being a part of these grants has been amazing work and now it is all uncertain. Contracts already signed. @reuters.com @mcuban.bsky.social @pjhuffstutter.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
Cuts to federal grants and programs are having an immensely deleterious effect on impactful work right now. Medicine, energy, agriculture and well beyond. This is an all out attack. As a soil health scientist, people rely on my expertise to regenerate their farms successfully. @mcuban.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Cuts to federal grants and programs are having an immensely deleterious effect on impactful work right now. Medicine, energy, agriculture and well beyond. This is an all out attack. As a soil health scientist, people rely on my expertise to regenerate their farms successfully. @mcuban.bsky.social
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January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
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