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Lawsuit challenges rule easing environmental reviews for animal confinements

By Christopher Walljasper/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | December 26, 2018

A dozen grassroots organizations have challenged a USDA rule change that would make medium-sized animal confinements exempt from environmental review before receiving government-backed loans from the Farm Services Agency.

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Farmers not yet hit by shutdown

By Robert Holly | October 1, 2013

On Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, dozens of U.S. Department of Agriculture agencies were closed or limited because of the federal government shutdown. However, agriculture officials said farmers won't be affected by the shutdown just yet.