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Hemp is the new tobacco as Kentucky farmers bet on weed’s cousin
It looks like pot. It smells like pot. But it's hemp, marijuana's legal cousin, and it's taking over ... Read more
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Betting the farm and losing: banks seek collateral for debts
Betting the farm on record crop, livestock and dairy prices has turned into a losing investment for an ... Read more
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Indiana oil baron behind opposition to Massachusetts caged egg and meat ban
BOSTON — Indiana oil tycoon Forrest Lucas has become a formidable opponent to animal rights groups, spending hundreds ... Read more
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Low prices driving out small, New York dairy farms
ALBANY — Tim Tucek, a Chenango County dairy farmer, said it was a decision he couldn't avoid given ... Read more
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Times Editorial: Open up trade with Cuba
Alabama’s poultry industry is one of the nation’s strongest. From fryers to eggs, farmers across the state have ... Read more
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Future of Oklahoma farming rides on controversial ballot measure
OKLAHOMA CITY — Paul Muegge convened an eclectic group of neighbors of his small farm in Tonkawa last ... Read more
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Robot invasion: Farmers embrace technology
Modern farmers incorporate — often out of necessity — the latest breakthroughs in science and technology into their ... Read more
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Stinging drop: Decline in honeybees worries farmers
A lot has changed since Doug Hoffman began raising honeybees on his northwest Indiana farm a decade ago. ... Read more
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No room in grain silos means dumping wheat in parking lots
Some American wheat farmers are not only going to lose money on every bushel they harvest this month, ... Read more
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Why we need better ways to cut greenhouse gases from agriculture
Although 177 countries signed the Paris Agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in April 2016, the ... Read more