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  • Abandoned crops, fired scientists: Agricultural research hit by U.S. foreign aid freeze

    Feb 18, 2025 11:45 am by ScienceIllinois in the News
    A farmer tills a marsh in a USAID-funded project in Cambodia. Makara Ouch/Documentation Center of Cambodia via USAID

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    • A farmer tills a marsh in a USAID-funded project in Cambodia. Makara Ouch/Documentation Center of Cambodia via USAID

    Science (Feb. 14) Peter Goldsmith, head of the Soybean Innovation Lab at the U. of I., says he held a 'very tearful' meeting earlier this week, where he laid off 30 scientists, staff. It’s not clear whether they will be rehired.