Latest Fact-checks in Agriculture Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Richard Hudson stated on November 24, 2025 in a newsletter: “This Thanksgiving, turkey prices are at their lowest point since 2000.” Donald Trump stated on November 6, 2025 in remarks at a dinner: Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.” Francesca Hong stated on June 12, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter: “Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.” U.S. Trade Representative stated on July 20, 2025 in a social media post: “America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.” Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview: “We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden. Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.” Facebook posts stated on February 3, 2025 in a Facebook post: “JAG arrests … USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.” Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing: The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.” Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.” Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire: Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.” Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.” Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Bill Gates financió la investigación sobre garrapatas de ganado modificadas genéticamente" y ahora 450,000 estadounidenses "tienen alergias a la carne por el síndrome alfa-gal, causado por picaduras de garrapatas”. Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The federal government has just declared a major food shortage emergency" in six states. Instagram posts stated on July 27, 2023 in an Instagram reel: “13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast: Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids. Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2023 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone with a garden to “register that with the government.” Elise Stefanik stated on February 3, 2023 in a news release: New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.” Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.” Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2023 in a post: “MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.” Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants Kathy Hochul stated on October 25, 2022 in a debate: The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more. Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in a post: Australian officials “are giving cows mRNA vaccines." Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2022 in a video: McDonald's uses potatoes sprayed with a highly toxic pesticide called Monitor. Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2022 in a post: Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2022 in a post on Facebook: If a sealed bag of raw poultry appears “puffy,” it means the protein is not safe to consume. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans. Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.: “The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ” Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Thousands of cattle that recently died in Kansas weren’t killed by the heat.
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Richard Hudson stated on November 24, 2025 in a newsletter: “This Thanksgiving, turkey prices are at their lowest point since 2000.” Donald Trump stated on November 6, 2025 in remarks at a dinner: Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.” Francesca Hong stated on June 12, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter: “Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.” U.S. Trade Representative stated on July 20, 2025 in a social media post: “America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.” Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview: “We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden. Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.” Facebook posts stated on February 3, 2025 in a Facebook post: “JAG arrests … USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.” Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing: The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.” Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.” Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire: Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.” Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.” Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.” Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Bill Gates financió la investigación sobre garrapatas de ganado modificadas genéticamente" y ahora 450,000 estadounidenses "tienen alergias a la carne por el síndrome alfa-gal, causado por picaduras de garrapatas”. Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden. Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The federal government has just declared a major food shortage emergency" in six states. Instagram posts stated on July 27, 2023 in an Instagram reel: “13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast: Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids. Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2023 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone with a garden to “register that with the government.” Elise Stefanik stated on February 3, 2023 in a news release: New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.” Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.” Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2023 in a post: “MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.” Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants Kathy Hochul stated on October 25, 2022 in a debate: The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more. Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in a post: Australian officials “are giving cows mRNA vaccines." Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2022 in a video: McDonald's uses potatoes sprayed with a highly toxic pesticide called Monitor. Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2022 in a post: Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.” Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2022 in a post on Facebook: If a sealed bag of raw poultry appears “puffy,” it means the protein is not safe to consume. Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans. Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.: “The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ” Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Thousands of cattle that recently died in Kansas weren’t killed by the heat.
Richard Hudson stated on November 24, 2025 in a newsletter: “This Thanksgiving, turkey prices are at their lowest point since 2000.”
Donald Trump stated on November 6, 2025 in remarks at a dinner: Walmart’s 2025 package of Thanksgiving dinner ingredients shows a “25% reduction in costs for Thanksgiving between (President Joe) Biden and me.”
Francesca Hong stated on June 12, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter: “Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”
U.S. Trade Representative stated on July 20, 2025 in a social media post: “America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch.”
Brooke Rollins stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview: “We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.
Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”
Facebook posts stated on February 3, 2025 in a Facebook post: “JAG arrests … USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.”
Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing: The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”
Donald Trump stated on February 9, 2024 in a speech to the National Rifle Association: Food “costs 40%, 50%, 60% more than it did just a few years ago.”
Chris Christie stated on December 13, 2023 in a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire: Under the Trump administration's trade deal, “China's only fulfilled one-third of the promises of agricultural products that they were supposed to buy from our farmers.”
Karine Jean-Pierre stated on November 20, 2023 in a White House press briefing: “Because wages are rising, this Thanksgiving dinner is the fourth-cheapest ever as a percentage of average earnings.”
Joe Biden stated on November 1, 2023 in a speech in Northfield, Minn.: "Over the past four decades, we’ve lost over 400,000 farms in America (and) over 140 million acres of farmland. And that’s an area roughly equal to the size of Minnesota, North and South Dakota combined.”
Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook: “Bill Gates financió la investigación sobre garrapatas de ganado modificadas genéticamente" y ahora 450,000 estadounidenses "tienen alergias a la carne por el síndrome alfa-gal, causado por picaduras de garrapatas”.
Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2023 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": The price of "bacon is up five times" under President Joe Biden.
Facebook posts stated on August 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: "The federal government has just declared a major food shortage emergency" in six states.
Instagram posts stated on July 27, 2023 in an Instagram reel: “13 nations agree to abolish farming in order to save the planet.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast: Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
Instagram posts stated on June 4, 2023 in an Instagram post: The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires anyone with a garden to “register that with the government.”
Elise Stefanik stated on February 3, 2023 in a news release: New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”
Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter: “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
Facebook posts stated on January 13, 2023 in a post: “MRNA vaccines are being injected into our food supply.”
Elise Stefanik stated on November 17, 2022 in a news release: Proposed rule would limit milk for WIC participants
Kathy Hochul stated on October 25, 2022 in a debate: The state is absorbing the cost of overtime pay for farmworkers, and farm owners do not have to pay any more.
Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in a post: Australian officials “are giving cows mRNA vaccines."
Instagram posts stated on October 24, 2022 in a video: McDonald's uses potatoes sprayed with a highly toxic pesticide called Monitor.
Facebook posts stated on October 7, 2022 in a post: Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.”
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2022 in a post on Facebook: If a sealed bag of raw poultry appears “puffy,” it means the protein is not safe to consume.
Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2022 in a Facebook post: “Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.
Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.: “The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2022 in a Facebook post: Thousands of cattle that recently died in Kansas weren’t killed by the heat.
