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Uganda's Cotton Crisis
Uganda's cotton industry struggles to recover after 64 years of independence.
Allafrica · 2m
Togo Cotton Farmers Use Regenerative Practices
Togo cotton farmers cut pest treatments and boost yields using soil restoration techniques.
Allafrica · 1m
South Australia's harvest begins with record crop forecast
Farmers deliver the first grain of the season as PIRSA forecasts 11.591 million tonnes will be harvested across the state.
Abc · 2m
Central team assesses drought damage in Hassan farms
An inter-ministerial team from New Delhi visited drought-hit farmland in Hassan district to evaluate crop losses and farmer hardship.
The Hindu · 1m
Farm boy to Berkshire chairman
Warren Buffett's son Howard took over as chairman of the one point one trillion dollar company after working as a farmer and never finishing college.
Fortune · 1m
Trump voter farmer: war and tariffs are breaking us
A North Carolina soybean and cattle farmer who backed Trump says soaring fuel and fertilizer costs from the Iran conflict and tariffs are forcing him to consider shutting down.
CBS News · 2m
Diesel prices are an economic time bomb
A war with Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, spiking diesel costs. Truckers and farmers feel it first, but grocery stores and holiday shopping will follow within weeks.
Vox · 2m
Samsung dev turned farmer in South Korea
A burned-out tech worker and flight attendant quit their jobs, traveled the world, then came home to run a family deodeok farm.
Business Insider · 2m
Milnor farmer on stress, resilience during dry season
A North Dakota farmer discusses the mental toll of drought and how agriculture workers cope with pressures beyond their control.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Monsanto's grip on American farming
How a chemical giant became agriculture's most feared enforcer, using private investigators and aggressive lawsuits to control the world's food supply.
Vanity Fair · 4m
Big Iron rolls into West Fargo
The region's biggest farm and construction show takes over the Red River Valley Fairgrounds for three days.
Valleynewslive · 1m
Wendell Berry's answer: think little
A Kentucky farmer who wrote 50 books with a pencil spent his life arguing that fixing the world starts in your own dirt.
Mother Jones · 2m
I fixed a John Deere tractor. Farmers still don't buy it.
John Deere says its self-repair software works. The farmer suing the company says try it with four error codes at once.
Ars Technica · 3m
Record diesel prices land right at harvest
Diesel hit $6.05 a gallon just as corn and soybean farmers fired up their combines.
Seattletimes · 1m