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Farmers in Iowa Are Caught in Trump’s Trade War
It was time for Beau Hanson to lay down his bets. Like other farmers in western Iowa, in early April Mr. Hanson was preparing for spring…
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Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Poses New Threat to US Farmers
After China unveiled steep retaliatory tariffs on American exports on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a sharp and…
Politics
U.S. Farmers Brace for Losses in New Trade War With China
The U.S. agricultural industry is bracing for the potential of tens of billions of dollars in losses after China on Friday announced a 34…
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In Tokyo, Rice Farmers Protest ‘Misguided’ Rules Fueling Shortages
In the United States, the affordability of eggs has prompted a national discussion — underscoring anxieties about the economy and the…
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Is Bird Flu the Only Reason Egg Prices Are Soaring?
The calls, texts and emails start coming in before 6 in the morning: restaurants, bakeries and others desperate to find eggs. Brian…
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Coffee Prices Are at a 50-Year High. Producers Aren’t Celebrating.
These should be wonderful times at Finca El Puente, a coffee plantation carved into the mountains of southwestern Honduras. On world…
Business
The Cryptocurrency Scam That Turned a Small Town Against Itself
In the Wichita courtroom, Hanes offered his only public reflection on the bank collapse. Wearing a gray suit, he walked up to the lectern,…
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Dickson Despommier, Who Championed Farming in Skyscrapers, Dies at 84
Dickson Despommier, a microbiologist who proposed that cities should grow food in high-rises, popularizing the term “vertical farming” —…
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Should Tulips Replace Roses for Valentine’s Day? Florists Think So.
For the past five years, Molly Culver, owner of Molly Oliver Flowers in Brooklyn, has mounted a quiet battle against the goliath of…
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Trump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing…
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Republicans Love Trump’s Spending Cuts. Just Not in Their States.
Republicans in Congress have responded to President Trump’s unilateral moves to freeze federal spending, dismantle programs and fire civil…
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Chicks Raised to Lay Eggs Are Lost in Fire at a Large Farm in Ohio
A fire tore through a large commercial farm in western Ohio this week that was housing hundreds of thousands of chickens raised to lay…
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Trump Trade Nominee Defends Plan to Reorder International Trade
Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. trade representative, defended the president’s plan to impose sweeping…
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Cows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird Flu
Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu that is distinct from the version that has been spreading through…
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Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration Between U.S. and Mexico
When Dennis Nixon started working at a regional bank in Laredo, Texas, in 1975, there was just a trickle of trade across the border with…
Politics
Trump Will Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariffs
President Trump plans to move forward with imposing stiff tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Saturday, in an attempt to further…
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The World Economy Awaits Trump’s First Round of Tariffs
President Trump’s threats to enact stiff tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday have left the world trading system on edge as…
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Asheville’s Restaurants Hit Reset After Hurricane Helene
Earlier this month, Drew Wallace started paying the cooks, bussers and the rest of the 20 or so employees of his restaurant the Bull and…
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Egg Prices Are High. They Will Likely Go Higher.
On a trip to a Walmart in Ozark, Mo., in early January, Laura Modrell was surprised to see shoppers “standing around and gasping” in the…
Politics
John Deere Sued by FTC Over Equipment-Repair Practices
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Deere & Company, a leading manufacturer of agricultural equipment, accusing it of unfairly…