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Tom Vilsack
Finance

Black and minority farmers get $2 billion in payments after USDA acknowledges years of discrimination

By Summer Ballentine and The Associated Press
August 1, 2024
California farmers are signing up in droves to get paid to give up their water rights for 2 months because their summer crop prices are so low
Finance

California farmers are signing up in droves to get paid to give up their water rights for 2 months because their summer crop prices are so low

By Amy Taxin and The Associated Press
July 25, 2024
Chocolate Easter bunnies at a grocery store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Retail

Chocolate shortages: Swiss chocolate maker Lindt warns that poor harvests and high prices may lead to a global slowdown

By Mumbi Gitau, Ilena Peng and Bloomberg
July 24, 2024
Two kids on a roof look at a flooded downtown
Environment

‘The crop has just melted into the ground’: Vermont’s farmers are desperate after 2 consecutive years of flooding

By Lisa Rathke and The Associated Press
July 19, 2024
A technology crucial for growing fruits and vegetables is suffocating the workers who pick them
Health

A technology crucial for growing fruits and vegetables is suffocating the workers who pick them

By Melina Walling and Dorany Pineda
July 17, 2024
What are the symptoms of bird flu and how does it spread?
Health

What are the symptoms of bird flu and how does it spread?

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July 15, 2024
A California mother plans to sue a dairy farm after feeding her children raw milk sickened her 6-year-old daughter and twins
Retail

A California mother plans to sue a dairy farm after feeding her children raw milk sickened her 6-year-old daughter and twins

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July 10, 2024
worker in plant nursery
Environment

Florida farmers turn to an ancient tree from India as the state’s once-famous citrus industry dries up

By Freida Frisaro and The Associated Press
July 6, 2024
A bus stop with a McDonald's breakfast ad as a passenger walks onto a bus.
Retail

McDonald’s cuts breakfast service hours by 90 minutes due to egg shortage in Australia

By
July 3, 2024
A flock of chickens inside an enclosure
Health

U.S. government will pay Moderna $176 million to develop a bird flu vaccine to stave off dairy cow epidemic

By
July 2, 2024
A bus and car on fire on O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre after violent scenes unfolded following an attack on Parnell Square East where five people were injured, including three young children.
Lifestyle

Manure-dumping farmers and far-right extremists made Western Europe less livable last year

By
June 26, 2024
Airlines and agriculture groups dream of ethanol-fueled jets, but moving the corn-based fuel? Farmers say NIMBY to ‘big, poisonous pipe’
Environment

Airlines and agriculture groups dream of ethanol-fueled jets, but moving the corn-based fuel? Farmers say NIMBY to ‘big, poisonous pipe’

By Jack Dura, Josh Funk and The Associated Press
June 18, 2024
No one wants another pandemic—but bird flu has already flown the coop
Commentary

No one wants another pandemic—but bird flu has already flown the coop

By
June 11, 2024
A man in an orchard pours out a large plastic bucket filled with oranges.
Retail

Is breakfast endangered? Disease and extreme weather are jacking up coffee and orange juice prices—and consumers are getting squeezed

By
June 11, 2024
Tides turn for seafood—more fish were farm-raised than caught in the wild for the first time ever
Environment

Tides turn for seafood—more fish were farm-raised than caught in the wild for the first time ever

By
June 8, 2024

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