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A worker at a bog owned by Massachusetts-based Decas Cranberry Products, Inc., removes vines from a batch of just-harvested berries.

How The Trade War Crushed A Growing Chinese Market For U.S. Cranberries

7:00am October 06, 2019

by Adrian Ma

The U.S. has spent millions to get China to embrace the unknown fruit — and it did. Now, tariffs have driven China to buy its cranberries from other countries, leaving U.S. farmers in the lurch.

In the Netherlands, farmers block a major highway with their tractors on Tuesday during a national protest. Farmers say their livestock and operations are being unfairly blamed for greenhouse gas emissions.

World News

Tractor Trails Of Protesting Dutch Farmers Snarl Traffic for Hundreds Of Miles

2:48pm October 01, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Farmers say their livestock and operations are being unfairly blamed for greenhouse gas emissions. They descended on The Hague, causing what's been called the country's worst morning rush hour.

Chinese shipping containers are stored at the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, Calif. Americans, in bigger numbers than ever, like trade. But they also believe China doesn't play fair in trade.

In Trump's Trade War, Americans Will Be Asked To Show Economic Patriotism

9:10am May 20, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

Americans, in bigger numbers than ever, like trade. But they also believe China doesn't play fair in trade.

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A worker dumps a bucket of tomatoes into a trailer at DiMare Farms in Florida City, Fla., in 2013. The Trump administration is preparing to level a new tariff on fresh tomatoes imported from Mexico in response to complaints from Florida growers.

Food Fight: Trump Administration Levels Tariffs On Mexican Tomatoes

8:21pm May 07, 2019

by Scott Horsley

Under pressure from Florida lawmakers, the Trump administration is taking steps to protect domestic tomato growers from Mexican competition.

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Nationwide, there are too few farmers to populate market stalls and too few customers filling their canvas bags with fresh produce at each market.

National

Why Are So Many Farmers Markets Failing? Because The Market Is Saturated

1:12pm March 17, 2019

by Jodi Helmer

Farmers aren't producing enough to keep up with the number of smaller markets that keep popping up, often in close proximity to others. This results in fewer customers, unsold food and maybe closure.

Garlic sits in bins before being processed at the processing plant.

In Garlic Capital, Tariffs And Immigration Crackdown Have Mixed Impacts

11:12am February 20, 2019

by Jasmine Garsd

Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. Two Trump administration policies — one on trade, the other on immigration — are affecting the town in starkly different ways.

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Brent Henderson harvests soybeans on his farm near Weona, Ark., in 2017. That crop showed symptoms of dicamba exposure. Henderson switched to Xtend soybeans the following year, he says, as "insurance" against future damage.

National

Is Fear Driving Sales Of Monsanto's Dicamba-Proof Soybeans?

11:34am February 07, 2019

by Dan Charles

Some farmers say they're buying a popular new soybean seed partly because they're afraid of crop damage from herbicide drift. A new lawsuit claims the seed maker is violating antitrust laws.

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President Trump addresses the annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in New Orleans on Monday.

In Speech To Struggling Farmers, President Trump Promotes Border Wall

4:10pm January 14, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump addressed the Farm Bureau Federation on Monday, courting a constituency that was key to his 2016 election. He tried to reassure his audience that his trade policies will soon pay off.

A wolf in its enclosure at the Hexentanzplatz zoo in Thale, northern Germany.

Wolves Are Back In Germany, But Not Always Welcome

8:02am December 15, 2018

by Martin Kaste

Germany is seeing the return of wolf packs, and with them growing political tension over whether the animals pose too much of a threat.

Environment

Program Offers NC Farmers Recovery Aid After Florence, Michael

5:14pm December 04, 2018

by Keri Brown

North Carolina farmers impacted by Tropical Storm Michael or Hurricane Florence may be eligible to get help from the state to cover some losses.