Farmers struggle as Agriculture Department loses thousands of staff
"USDA reported a nearly 500% jump in beef export sales before revising the figure down by 90% a week later. The error was the latest of a series of questionable USDA reports amid concerns about data quality after staffing losses during the Trump administration..." www.reuters.com/business/ret...
The Mighty Jungle💙💛41Chapter 13 of Project 2025 is literally about creating food insecurity by cutting safety nets & slashing regulations & restrictions on food production
salbr29891.bsky.social14You mean the staff being fired in order to intentionally harm us.
Sherry11A link to a post from a Texas cattle rancher weaving together the interconnected links Ranchers Weather Government Transportation Processing plants being shut down Droughts bsky.app/profile/sher...
Crunk8Really has to call into question anything being reported by this administration.
CrazyCatsMom8It is market manipulation. Trumps investment accounts executed roughly 4,700 to 5,000 transactions over the last 6 mths, since Feb. The traded value for these specific transactions amounts to approx $300 million to over $1 billion in value, reported in disclosure ranges rather than exact net profits
Nick7Was it an error? Or do they just knowingly publish made up figures, until caught!
Chris Nelder5The Ministry of Truth has been busy.
MB4It’s no mistake. The numbers throughout the administration are suspect. Most people don’t see the corrections and it’s hard to trust those too.
Trending Finance4Beef exports inflated; credibility deflated. #econsky
am-mccarthy.bsky.social3If it's a regime statistic, you can't believe it.
Litsa Dremousis3If any of this is legal, it shouldn’t be.
joelunchpail.bsky.social3Lets just be honest: One of the habits that the Trump Administration has picked up from the russians is giving false information to the public. If they get caught, it was an error. Welcome to the new way comrades. The USDA and other departments post the numbers they are told to post.
Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man2Media: So, Mr Sec'y, Mr Trump is set to import, (cks notes), over 600,000 pounds of foreign beef... RFKJr: Brilliant move by the President Reporter:...but recently USDA failed to inspect just 6,900 pounds of imported weenies and they all had to be recalled. How will... RFKJr: Media: How...
Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong2data quality eroding at our federal government is real bad imho
They Call Me Gary2😖 Ya can't trust ANYTHING coming out of this government anymore since Trump. 😣 NOTHING❗
The farmers feel betrayed, but it's FAFO time. On the other side of this, is anyone feeling confident about eating foreign beef? There seems to be minimal oversight with regards to our food by the USDA, FDA and FSIS. Recent recalls for: Cyclospora, Campylobacter, E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella...
Unredacted Thoughts 🇺🇸 🇮🇹4If there was ever a time to become vegan, it's now.
William J. Bender3Doesn't he know it will not work to make foreign beef cheaper, which means American beef will not be sold and farmers will suffer even more? This guy is a complete idiot. He's destroying this country one policy at a time.
Zigzaggreen🇨🇦2Remember, it's probably ground dogs and cats mixed with a little rotten beef.
Phil050pher2Never a better time to become a vegetarian. Except that shit's all contaminated, too. Time to become an epiphyte and live on air. Except.....
jubileejulieb2And if it is mixed with American beef, then packaged, they are free to label it as American beef, so label reading won't save you. As if we can trust American food at this point anyway.
CarleneB2I no longer eat beef, and will not for the foreseeable future. Let it rot.
