Farmers
Grain Markets Dive to 42-Year Low After Trump’s Trade Tweets
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Soybean and corn futures slumped after tweets from Donald Trump that threaten an escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, frustrating battered American producers hoping for a quick resolution.
May 7, 2019Farmer Income Drops Most Since First Quarter of 2016
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Personal income for farmers fell by the most in three years in the first quarter, as losses to U.S. agriculture mount from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
April 29, 2019Farmers Fear China Trade Deal Will Fail to Erase Retaliatory Tariffs
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Some U.S. farm groups fear that President Donald Trump’s terms for easing his trade war with China risk leaving large swaths of American agriculture worse off than before the conflict began.
April 15, 2019More Women See Roles Expanding on Family Farms
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As the average U.S. farmer ages, more women are stepping up as decision makers to help feed a booming global population.
April 12, 2019Florida Farmers Push Protection as Trump Seeks USMCA Approval
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Manatee County, Fla., tomato farmer Gary Reeder says he has seen the county’s tomato industry “basically cut in half” during his lifetime. Reeder says Florida tomato farmers struggle to compete with their counterparts in Mexico.
March 21, 2019Rail Closures Disrupt Livestock Feed Supplies for California Farms
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Some farms, dairies and feed companies in the San Joaquin Valley of California are facing shortages of livestock feed supplies after deadly river flooding in the Midwest closed major railroad shipping corridors in recent days.
March 20, 2019America’s Farmers Call for Help as Debts Climb to 1980s Levels
(Pamphlets offered by during meetings at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Loganville, Wis. (Lauren Justice/Bloomberg News)
The worst agricultural downturn since the 1980s is taking its toll on the emotional well-being of American farmers. In Kentucky, Montana and Florida, operators at Farm Aid’s hotline have seen a doubling of contacts for everything from financial counseling to crisis assistance.
March 20, 2019China Is Said to Plan to Buy US Corn as Soon as January
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Chinese officials are preparing to restart purchases of American corn as soon as January, another sign that the Asian nation is working on a lasting detente with the U.S.
December 14, 2018No Rejoicing at US Farms Until Trump Trade Truce Pays Off
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U.S. farmers are pleased that President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to a trade truce, but they’re not rejoicing just yet. That won’t come until they see ships full of their soybeans headed to China.
December 4, 2018Farmers Have Little to Cheer From China Trade Truce, So Far
Soybean field. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
For a soybean farmer in Iowa or Illinois, it may be premature to celebrate the ceasefire in the trade war between the U.S. and China.
December 3, 2018