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Search results for "California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses"

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Fact-checks (16293)

Donald Trump stated on August 05, 2018 in a tweet:
"California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilized. It is being diverted into the Pacific Ocean."
By Chris Nichols• August 6, 2018
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:
“Wildfires do not completely burn out cars, glass and all, yet leaving nearby trees and utility poles still standing upright.”
By Madison Czopek• August 15, 2023
Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
Imagen muestra el letrero de Hollywood en California en llamas el 8 de enero de 2025.
By Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• January 10, 2025
Georgia Farm Bureau stated on January 08, 2015 in a statement on the Georgia Farm Bureau website:
Agriculture contributes $71 billion to Georgia’s economy annually, making it the state’s largest industry.
By April Hunt• January 9, 2015
Greg Abbott stated on November 09, 2011 in a tweet:
"Obama has (a) new Christmas tree tax."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, Janie Har, Louis Jacobson• November 20, 2011
Jeff Merkley stated on November 30, 2011 in in a press release :
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States.
By Janie Har• December 23, 2011
Instagram posts stated on June 25, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says John McAfee tweeted before his death that he stored computer files in the Florida condo building that later collapsed.
By Tom Kertscher• June 28, 2021
CNNews3.com stated on February 06, 2017 in an Internet post:
The HIV virus has been "detected in Walmart bananas after 10 year old boy contracts the virus."
By Joshua Gillin• February 6, 2017
Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 17, 2022
Georgia politicians stated on July 20, 2010 in political campaign:
Georgia is "the Saudi Arabia of pine trees."
By Jim Tharpe• July 25, 2010
Viral image stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The US government is trying to create food shortages by telling farmers to destroy their crops.
By Andy Nguyen• September 7, 2021
Larry Gause stated on March 01, 2011 in a flier and campaign website:
Says Charlotte Nash "pretends to be a chicken farmer" in order to get property tax exemptions.
By Eric Stirgus• March 11, 2011
Donald Trump stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet:
"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."
By Chris Nichols• November 12, 2018
Cory Booker stated on March 18, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."
By Jon Greenberg• March 21, 2019
Michael Sullivan stated on February 03, 2011 in a Twitter post.:
Says the Texas Forest Service planted 6,000 trees in the Dallas/Fort Worth area before the Super Bowl for unknown reasons at an unknown cost.
By W. Gardner Selby• February 6, 2011
Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:
“Bomberos que combaten los incendios en Los Ángeles sostienen imagen de Nuestra Madre Santísima”.
By Maria Briceño• January 16, 2025
Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 16, 2021 in a video on Facebook:
Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
By Emily Tian• July 23, 2021
Jim Patterson stated on May 22, 2017 in a press release:
California Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget "cuts funds for local tree mortality efforts from $52.7 million to just $2 million."
By Chris Nichols• May 25, 2017
MoveOn.org stated on May 08, 2009 in a Web ad:
Senators who have accepted millions in campaign contributions from the financial industry voted against allowing bankruptcy judges to modify home mortgages.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 12, 2009
Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Trump denies fire assistance to California because they didn't vote for him, but helped Russia with their wildfires in Siberia.”
By Chris Nichols• August 28, 2020

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By Chris Nichols• November 16, 2018

In context: Obama's comments on eating dog in Indonesia

By Louis Jacobson• April 20, 2012

Breaking down Greg Abbott's 'common' pecan tree tale

By W. Gardner Selby• June 14, 2017

Fact-check: Los Angeles fires fuel falsehoods, including by Trump, about water management

By Jeff Cercone, Caleb McCullough• January 10, 2025

Donald Trump says Mexico agreed to start buying more from American farmers. Mexico says it didn’t.

By Jon Greenberg• June 10, 2019

Anita Perry echoes abortion claim by Carly Fiorina

By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2013

Looking at claims Kamala Harris is the descendant of a slave owner

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2020

Trump’s Afrikaner refugee policy based on unfounded claims about land, white farmer ‘genocide’

By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2025

Is Texas the most reliably Republican big state? You bet your Georgia peaches

By W. Gardner Selby• March 18, 2014

In Tanzania, Clinton Foundation trades on maize and beans, not name

By Jon Greenberg• September 6, 2016

Your questions about the government shutdown, answered

By Louis Jacobson• January 16, 2019

Arnold Schwarzenegger pumps up California’s clean energy debate

By Chris Nichols• January 5, 2016

El debate entre John Cox y Gavin Newsom en California, chequeado

By Manuela Tobias• October 8, 2018

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By Gabrielle Settles• November 7, 2022

Ohio derailment is just the latest serious industrial accident in the U.S.

By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2023

After hottest month on record, can novel solutions address ‘urban heat islands’?

By Tom Kertscher• August 17, 2023

Inflation’s effects on the holiday season

By Jeff Cercone• November 22, 2022

Oficiales de salud en California investigan qué causó que una mujer perdiera sus extremidades

By Maria Briceño• September 28, 2023

McCain's slippery statement on oil

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 25, 2008

Republican leaders want to put conditions on California wildfire aid. Is there precedent for that?

By Jeff Cercone• January 22, 2025