AGRICULTURE

Combine driver stands surveying the field he has just cut at the end of the day
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POLITICS
Trump Trade War Helps Push Farmers Into Record Number Of Bankruptcies
By Mary Papenfuss
Dairy farmers were counting on China milk buyers before the trade war. "The problem is both nations have stubborn leaders," an industry analyst said.
These lively hogs interact with each other and also like to check out visitors inside their hog confinement barn in western Iowa.
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ENVIRONMENT
Iowa 'Ag-Gag' Law Banning Undercover Farm Investigations Ruled Unconstitutional
A federal judge said the law "clearly is a violation" of the First Amendment.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
U.S. NEWS
Who Will Grow Our Food In The Future?
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
Just 4 percent of America's family farms are run primarily by someone under 35.
Rotten, old fruit and vegetables. Fruit and vegetable waste on compost
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IMPACT
2019 Could Be The Year We Stop Throwing Away Ridiculous Amounts Of Food
By Tom Levitt
For every item thrown away, the cost is far more than just an uneaten meal.
VIDEOS
Leveling The Field For Migrant Children
"These children need this. They don't have anywhere else to go.” Only 55% of child farmworkers graduate from high school because many have no choice but to work in the fields. The East Coast Migrant Head Start Project is trying to change that.
laying chicken in cage at organic farm
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POLITICS
California Votes To Ban Cages For Hens, Give Farm Animals More Room
By Hilary Hanson
Proposition 12 may change the way farms nationwide treat their chickens, pigs and calves.
An almond falling into almond milk
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U.S. NEWS
In North Carolina, Big Ag Tells You What Is ‘Milk’
By Sentient Media, Editorial Partner
New legislation in North Carolina has placed pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to review their rules regarding the labeling of milk and limits the ability of residents to hold big-ag operations accountable for pollution.
VIDEOS
Watch This Herd Of Cows Help Florida Cops Catch A Runaway Suspect
This story sounds like a load of bull -- but watch for yourself as these cows steer cops straight to a runaway suspect.
FILE- In this July 21, 2017, hog waste flows into the waste pond at a farm that has hogs owned by Smithfield Foods in Farmville, N.C. A federal jury decided Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, that the world's largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina industrial-scale hog farms for unreasonable nuisances they suffered from odors, flies and rumbling trucks. The jury found that Smithfield Foods owes compensation to 16 neighbors who complained in their lawsuit that the company failed to stop “the obnoxious, recurrent odors and other causes of nuisance” resulting from closely packed hogs, which “generate many times more sewage than entire towns.” (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
AP File Photo/Gerry Broome
ENVIRONMENT
Smithfield Foods Ordered To Pay Millions In Damages To Neighbors Of Hog Farms
By Alex Derosier and Emery P. Dalesio, AP
The North Carolina farms "generate many times more sewage than entire towns."
Donald Trump
Reuters/Joshua Roberts
POLITICS
Trump Boasted To Farmers He Opened European Market. Europe: No, He Didn't.
By Mary Papenfuss
Other than soybeans, agricultural products are off the table, the European Commission says.
John Minchillo/AP
U.S. NEWS
Farmers Nervously Await Outcome Of Trade Talks
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
Analysts expected soybeans to be one of the biggest victims of the escalating trade fight.
FILE PHOTO - Farm workers harvest squash from the Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe, California, U.S. on October 3, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Mike Blake / Reuters
OPINION
'Farm-To-Table' Shouldn't Only Be For Rich White People
By Julia Turshen
An Oakland organization offers a path to a more equitable, sustainable food system.
A farm worker looks for dried plants to remove in a paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, September 8, 2015. India has just suffered back-to-back drought years for only the fourth time in over a century, summer crops are wilting and reservoir water levels are at their lowest in at least a decade for the time of year. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has not held a high-level meeting to discuss drought relief for farmers since June, when its weather office forecast - correctly as it turned out - that this year's monsoon rains would fall short. Fifteen months since winning power, in part on his record in boosting agriculture as chief minister of Gujarat, Modi faces growing criticism for failing to shield Indian farmers from deepening hardship. To match INDIA-DROUGHT/ Picture taken September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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IMPACT
A New Farming Technique Using Drastically Less Water Is Catching On
By John Vidal
But not everyone is on board.
Molly Messick/StateImpact Idaho
U.S. NEWS
Analysis: Economy Puts Farmers At Greater Risk Of Suicide
By Daily Yonder, Editorial Partner
“See something, say something” is a good aphorism not only to prevent mass shootings, but also to prevent suicides in both farm and non-farm communities.
Pascal Thuot with one of his cows
Daphnee Hacker
IMPACT
Yes, These Cows Actually Milk Themselves
By Catherine Delorme
And it's getting millennials interested in farming.
Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, testifies to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Joshua Roberts / Reuters
POLITICS
Senators Rebuke EPA Plan To Let Kids Handle Pesticides Again
By Dave Jamieson
If regulators remove the age restrictions, minors could work with pesticides that aren't even sold to the general public because of how toxic they are.
Plantagon urban farm
Plantagon
IMPACT
This Swedish Indoor Urban Farm Wants To Revolutionize How We Live And Eat
By Oliver Balch, On assignment for HuffPost
But people can't live on microgreens and exotic salads alone.
The entrance to the international gene bank Svalbard Global Seed Vault (SGSV) is pictured outside Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen, Norway, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Heiko Junge/NTB Scanpix ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY.
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ENVIRONMENT
Norway Is Investing $13 Million To Upgrade Doomsday Seed Vault
By Nina Golgowski
The work follows unprecedented flooding caused by melting of the surrounding permafrost.
Monsanto logo is displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. on May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Brendan McDermid / Reuters
GREEN
Keith Kloor’s Endearing Love Affair With GMOs
By Paul D. Thacker, Contributor
Freelance writer
New York University’s adjunct journalism professor has curious ideas about science and reporting
VIDEOS
Bacon Shortage Alert!
Our way of life is under threat. Because of historic hog shortages and skyrocketing consumption we could soon be bereft of bacon.
Sonny Perdue, U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee for President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Agriculture Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 23, 2017. Perdue, the former governor of Georgia who would succeed Tom Vilsack who left January 13, would oversee about 100,000 employees and about $140 billion across various programs. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Donald Trump's Pick For Agriculture Secretary Confirmed
Sonny Perdue is the former governor of Georgia.
VIDEOS
Sonny Perdue Confirmed As Agriculture Secretary
Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has been confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
Fresh green salad with spinach ,ruccola,lettuce on wooden table.
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TASTE
A Shortage Of Mesclun Salad Mix Might Be On The Horizon
By Julie R. Thomson
We might usually get what we want, but sometimes mother nature has something to say about it.
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