Farm stress grows as tariffs ripple through U.S. agriculture
A Politico article says declining farmer sentiment, rising bankruptcies, and trade disruptions are putting pressure on rural Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.
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EPA reapproves dicamba despite drift damage concerns
The controversial weedkiller — long blamed for off-target crop injury — will be allowed again on soy and cotton, drawing fire from farmers and environmental advocates.
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European Farmers Protest EU–Mercosur Trade Deal Over ‘Unfair’ Competition
Protests across Europe are reigniting debate over the EU–Mercosur trade deal, as farmers warn that looser environmental standards in South America could undercut European agriculture and reshape global food markets.
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Farmers Under Pressure: Economic Stress and Isolation Fuel a Growing Mental Health Crisis
An Iowa Public Radio report follows the story of an Iowa farmer grappling with depression and loss, revealing how market volatility, rising costs, and isolation are pushing farmers into a mental health crisis — with suicide rates far higher than the national average.
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Food freedom is becoming a national security issue
John Klar and Meryl Nass talk about how food policy is quietly crushing small farmers — and why fixing local meat processing could lower prices, improve health, and strengthen food security.
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Georgia farmer drops 3,000 acres as soaring costs threaten 2026 planting
One of the South’s most successful growers has slashed nearly half his farmland, warning that fertilizer, fuel, and equipment prices have made large-scale farming financially impossible — and that thousands of acres across the region may sit empty next spring as farmers walk away.
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Farmers shut down Brussels as backlash grows over trade deal
After years of warnings, farmers say they are being forced to compete against products made with chemicals and practices banned in their own fields.
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When the farms die, so do we: A warning from Dr. Meryl Nass
America’s food system has become a slow-motion collapse engineered by subsidies, monopolies, and global agendas that are erasing the family farm and poisoning the plate.
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Food and Farming Crisis | Know What You Are Eating | Protecting Our Food Supply | Saving Family Farms
Toxic “biosolids” have contaminated a fifth of US farmland
Rebranded sewage sludge — loaded with PFAS, microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and other industrial wastes — has been spread on millions of acres, poisoning soil, food, and groundwater while regulators look away.
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Fake Food | Food and Farming Crisis | Know What You Are Eating | Poultry Farming | Protecting Our Food Supply
What’s really in your chicken? Arsenic, Benadryl, and Prozac
In a 2012 New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof revealed that factory-farmed poultry is on more meds than you are — raising serious questions about food safety and the true costs of cheap meat.
