Foreign Aid Cuts Could Impact Agriculture Industry in Pa. and Other States, Advocates Say

Foreign aid cuts could impact agriculture industry in Pa. and other states, advocates say • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Norwood Farms in Henry County, Tennessee, on Sept. 19, 2019.  (USDA Photo by Lance Cheung)Federal cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development assistance programs will hurt American farmers and the safety of their crops, said several agricultural research leaders at a forum hosted by U.S. Senate Democrats. “These cuts are clearly problematic for our standing in the world, our leadership in the world, our security, our trade relationship…

Foreign aid cuts could impact agriculture industry in Pa. and other states, advocates say

Dr. David Hughes, director of the USAID Innovation Lab on Current and Emerging Threats to Crops at Penn State University, said funding cuts impact his team’s ability to study potential threats to U.S. agriculture in “safe spaces” around the globe.