Wisconsin residents who receive SNAP benefits struggling with financial uncertainty, Farmer relief on soybean trade deal with China

Aerial view of a rural landscape showing a wildflower meadow with pink blossoms next to green, cultivated crop fields under a hazy sky.
Several prairie strips near corn and soybeans on a private farm in Grundy County, Iowa. Tim Youngquist

Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites are wondering when or if they’ll get federal food assistance this month amid the ongoing government shutdown. The Trump administration says it will partially fund the program this month. Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would have required state employees to work from the office most of the time.And, Wisconsin farmers say they are happy about a trade agreement that will reopen markets to sell soybeans to China. But they say it’s too late to help this year.

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