USDA cuts food assistance funding: The Week in Review, March 14, 2025

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Stories discussed this week:

• Bill targeting hog farm moratoriums near Buffalo River fails in committee Tuesday, sponsors will amend and try again

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/11/bill-targeting-hog-farm-moratoriums-near-buffalo-river-fails-in-committee-tuesday-sponsors-will-amend-and-try-again

• Bill that could make it harder to stop hog farming near Buffalo River continues to stall

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/04/bill-that-could-make-it-harder-to-stop-hog-farming-near-buffalo-river-continues-to-stall

• Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been halted

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/arkansas-foodbank-says-vital-usda-program-to-buy-fresh-produce-from-local-farms-has-been-halted

• Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been halted

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/06/arkansas-foodbank-says-vital-usda-program-to-buy-fresh-produce-from-local-farms-has-been-halted

• Cities, counties, state could shower private projects with taxpayer funds under senator’s amendment

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2025/03/12/cities-counties-state-could-shower-private-projects-with-taxpayer-funds-under-senators-amendment

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