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USDA cuts could cause long-term damage, reverse hard-won progress

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75% Informative

The Trump administration considers limiting tillage, planting soil-enriching cover crops and installing water chutes to control erosion.

The administration has frozen billions of dollars in funding that pay for these activities while the U.S. Department of Agriculture and White House conduct ongoing reviews.

The freeze has stoked uncertainty across farming communities at a particularly bad time.

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51

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semi-formal

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English

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52

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