Blaming the “reckless policies” of the Trump administration, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is enacting two executive orders this week to mobilize state support for farmers and direct state funding to plug a giant gap left by federal cuts to the SNAP program.

Pritzker on Wednesday visited a farm in downstate Taylorville to sign an executive order that declares an “agricultural trade crisis” in Illinois. The order directs the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to take immediate action to enhance domestic markets for agricultural commodities and continue state investment in mental health support for farm families. That includes the 833-FARM SOS helpline and no-cost counseling for farm families.

It’s the latest in a series of execu

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