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Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦My column for the Hill Times on avian influenza is behind a pay wall, I fear. If you have a subscription, here’s the link. And if you have questions, ask away. (There was a lot of detail I couldn’t include in a 700 word oped.) <a href="https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/13/we-need-agricultural-intelligence-to-protect-against-the-threat-of-avian-influenza/453626/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/03/13/we-need-agricultural-intelligence-to-protect-against-the-threat-of-avian-influenza/453626/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HPAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HPAI</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#H5N1</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AvianInfluenza</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CFIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFIA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eggs</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BSE</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/biosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biosecurity</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

Dave Rahardja<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a> HIRED BACK all employees fired by DOGE last week (about 6,000 of them) WITH BACK PAY.All <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> did was cause <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chaos</a>, and pay 6,000 workers full wages to do nothing (except develop an ulcer) for a week.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/goodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodNews</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/agentKrasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agentKrasnov</a><a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/11/usda-status-update-probationary-employees" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/11/usda-status-update-probationary-employees</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UselessSusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UselessSusanCollins</a> not so useless! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protests</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicOutcry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicOutcry</a> works!<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UniversityOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UniversityOfMaine</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a> funding restoredby WABI News Desk Published: Mar. 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM EDT Maine (WABI) - "Senator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SusanCollins</a> announced Wednesday that the University of Maine’s funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been restored."On Monday the University received notice that funding from the USDA was paused."According to UMS, the notice stated the pause was temporary while the USDA evaluated potential follow-up actions related to prospective Title VI (6) or Title IX (9) violations."Collins released at statement saying:'This USDA funding is critically important not only to the University of Maine, but to our farmers and loggers, as well as to the many people who work in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agriculture</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aquaculture</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forestry</a> industries. Now that funding has been restored, the work that the University does in partnership with the many people and communities who depend on these programs can continue.'"<a href="https://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/13/university-maines-usda-funding-restored/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wabi.tv/2025/03/13/university-maines-usda-funding-restored/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResistDOGE</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineResists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineResistance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/District13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#District13</a>

Koen Hufkens, PhDIf someone needs to backup all USDA SNOTEL data (as climate adjacent) and therefore "reasons", here is gist using my {snotelr} <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rstats</a> package.<a href="https://gist.github.com/khufkens/b13b28068ddfd8a20d130abe2c95d49a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gist.github.com/khufkens/b13b28068ddfd8a20d130abe2c95d49a</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opendata</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatedata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatedata</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hydrology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archiving</a>

Dining & CookingUSDA cuts target local food purchases for schools, food banks <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1947789/usda-cuts-target-local-food-purchases-for-schools-food-banks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.diningandcooking.com/1947789/usda-cuts-target-local-food-purchases-for-schools-food-banks/</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cuts</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farms</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FoodBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodBank</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#local</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Schools</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usda</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/vermont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vermont</a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/wcax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wcax</a>

ProPublicaAt tribal colleges, scholarships funded by a USDA grant have been suspended amid the Trump administration’s widespread cost-cutting.Now some students are facing their final weeks on campus. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-usda-scholarships-suspended?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Native" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Native</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#College</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Students</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a>

petersuberUpdate. "USDA’s Purge of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Data</a> is Illegal and Reckless, Doing Immediate Harm to Farmers, Lawsuit Alleges" <a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/usda-climate-data-purge-harms-farmers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/usda-climate-data-purge-harms-farmers/</a>"The <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration has deleted thousands of climate-related web pages from the U.S. Department of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Agriculture</a>’s (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USDA</a>) website, stripping <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmers</a> of critical resources as droughts, floods and shifting growing conditions intensify. Now, a coalition of environmental and farming groups is suing to get that information back, arguing that the purge is not just reckless but illegal."<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Takedowns</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

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