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Commentary: Supplemental Farm Income Programs Not the Answer to Agriculture’s Financial Woes

Harwood D. Schaffer and Daryll E. Ray · Dec 2, 2019

With increases in the number of farm bankruptcy proceedings and suicides among farmers it seems like we have been transported back to the 1980s and the farm crisis.It wasn’t supposed to be this way. At the beginning of this decade we were told that crop agriculture was on a new price plateau and the only problem would be the need to protect…

Farmers’ Experience of Climate Change Doesn’t Alter Politics, Study Says

Bryce Oates · Nov 14, 2019

Farmers see climate change as a business challenge, not a political cause that requires public action, according to a qualitative study in the Midwest.

Agriculture

Dreaming Big for a Risky Hemp Crop

April Simpson and Sophie Quinton · Oct 1, 2019

As growers across 34 states start to harvest as much as half a million acres of hemp this fall, many newcomers have no idea who will buy their crop or even who will prepare it for sale.

Agriculture

Healthy Soil Can Combat Climate Change from the Ground Up

April Simpson · Sep 17, 2019

Good soil holds more moisture, reduces pollution from runoff, and stores carbon. But farmers already affected by bad weather will have a harder time enacting soil conservation improvements.

Agriculture

Jay Inslee’s Parting Gift: A Plan to Save American Farms

Nathanael Johnson · Sep 6, 2019

The ex-2020 candidate implied that the other Democrats should steal his climate platform.

Agriculture

These Farmworkers Were Forced to Labor on Empty Stomachs

Sky Chadde · Sep 3, 2019

During an incident in Kennett, Missouri, in summer 2018, H-2A workers labored through high temperatures while denied breakfast and with little access to water. Their legal status was supposed to protect them.

Agriculture

Climate-Change Bill Addresses Importance of Rural, Supporters Say

Bryce Oates · Aug 13, 2019

Senator and presidential candidate Cory Booker has introduced legislation that puts rural America at the center of addressing climate change, supporters say.

Agriculture

Author Q&A: American History, as Told through Beef

Bryce Oates · Aug 7, 2019

The beef industry literally and figuratively reshaped the American landscape. A new book explores the evolution of the cattle business, from the displacement of American Indians, the rise of ranchers, the ascendancy of meatpackers, and its…

Agriculture

Commentary: U.S. Needs Clear Rules on Genetically Engineered Crops

Kristina Hubbard · Aug 2, 2019

Three separate agencies now try to address the complexities of genetically engineered crops with a patchwork of regulations based on outdated legislation. With billions of dollars of crops at stake, we need a better approach.

Agriculture

In the Midst of Natural and Economic Turmoil, Farmers Battle Internal Storms

Wendy Royston · Jul 24, 2019

Chris Dykshorn made the most of running his family farm. But the economic and physical stress of the work took their toll. Now Dykshorn's wife, Amber, is telling her story to raise awareness of the mental-health needs of farmers and their…

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