Mass Deportation Results and SNAP-WIC Benefits Ending November 1
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson and this is your Agribusiness Update.
**Earlier this year, farmers worried the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans could leave much of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables rotting in the field, especially in California where many of the half-million-plus farmworkers were undocumented.
Daniel Hartwig, president of the California Fresh Fruit
Association, says while immigration enforcement remained a concern, he was not aware of any crops perishing due to a lack of labor, adding, we haven’t seen a significant impact.
**Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins and Cabinet officials announced multiple actions they say will strengthen the American beef industry, reinforcing American rancher’s critical role in national security.
Rollins says the national herd is at a 75-year low, while consumer demand is up 9% in the last decade.
Because rebuilding the herd takes time, the USDA will invest in markets to make them less volatile for ranchers and make food more affordable for consumers.
**Millions of Americans face losing their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on November 1.
Half of the states plan to end those benefits because the federal government remains shut down.
Politico says states are trying to maintain the programs using their own money and emergency funding from the Trump administration, but that it’s running out.
Reuters says nutrition programs like SNAP and WIC are directly in the crossfire of negotiations.
