An $8 billion lifeline — after some farms have already sunk
USDA’s proposed relief promises help with soaring costs, but producers question its timing, reach and ability to keep struggling operations afloat.
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OPINION: America’s farm crisis won’t stay on the farm
Rising costs and shrinking margins threaten family farms — and the communities and food system that depend on them.
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Trump’s Beef Import Plan Hurts Ranchers, Barely Helps Consumers
New analysis finds ground beef prices have fallen less than 2%, while prices paid to American cattle producers have dropped by as much as 13.9%.
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Entrepreneurs Are Transforming How Americans Buy and Eat Food
From farmers’ markets to food halls and food trucks, private enterprise is creating new ways to connect consumers with food while challenging the case for government intervention.
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Iowa farmers warn of a deepening farm crisis
Some producers are warning that bankruptcies and forced retirements could accelerate across the Corn Belt.
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England’s farm support fund runs dry in six hours
The entire £233 million budget for England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive was allocated in less than a day, leaving thousands of farmers without access to payments many increasingly rely on.
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Farmers Caught in the Crossfire of U.S.-Canada Trade War
New tariffs threaten to squeeze American agriculture from both directions — depressing export prices while raising the cost of machinery and critical fertilizer.
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JBS Co-Owner Lobbied Trump to Cut Beef Tariffs
The Brazilian meatpacking billionaire reportedly made the case for cheaper imports one day before Trump moved to ease tariffs.
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Salatin Calls Trump’s Meat-Processing Order a “Nothing Burger”
The farmer and food-freedom advocate says the administration’s latest attempt to placate ranchers does little to remove the legal barriers that keep small producers from selling meat directly to consumers.
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Tariffs and Iran war push farmers toward deeper crisis
Weak crop prices collide with rising fertilizer, fuel and machinery costs as emergency relief stalls in Congress.
