Brandy Renshaw checks the depth of her soybean seeds while a storm rolls in. Increased flooding has made some of the land she and her father farm nearly unusable.
Credit: Lylee GibbsSaluki Local Reporting Lab for ProPublica The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive Some farmers keep growing in flood- and drought-prone fields because subsidies soften the losses, while federal programs meant to help them change course have been underfunded and mired in bureaucracy. Under Trump, those programs may weaken further.
by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, Julia Rendleman for ProPublica and Lylee Gibbs, Saluki Local Reporting Lab Sept. 4, 2025, 7 a.m.
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The Federal Farm Policy Trap: Why Some Farmers Are Stuck Raising Crops That No Longer Thrive
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