Beef Prices Push the Humble Hamburger Toward Luxury Status
Ground beef prices are up 25% in two years as drought, a 75-year-low cattle herd and rising restaurant costs collide — while Washington’s attempt to boost imports may barely move prices.
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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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Nearly Half of the World’s Farmers May Suffer Acute Pesticide Poisoning Each Year
A new global review estimates 402 million to 433 million cases annually, highlighting the human cost of increasingly chemical-dependent agriculture.
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Danish Farmers Descend on Copenhagen Over New Fertilizer Rules
Hundreds of tractors converged on parliament as farmers warned that tougher nitrogen limits could make large parts of Danish agriculture economically unviable.
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India Busts Operation Repackaging Expired Food for Export
Authorities found thousands of cartons of major-brand foods with expiry dates erased and nutrition labels altered before being shipped overseas.
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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.
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Trump eases beef import quotas in bid to lower prices
A 90-day quota exemption is intended to lower ground beef prices — but could place further pressure on American ranchers.
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Rising costs push Pennsylvania farmers to reconsider their votes
Nearly four in 10 say they may vote differently in the midterms after overwhelmingly supporting Trump.
