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Farmers are depleting the Ogallala Aquifer because the government pays them to do it

11.19.2020
Matthew R Sanderson + Burke Griggs + Jacob A. Miller
Government watchdog report finds child farmers erroneously receiving subsidy payments
11.17.2020
by H. Claire Brown
Collin Peterson, Democratic voice for farm bill compromises, defeated after three decades
11.05.2020
by Sam Bloch
The U.S. Army Corps opened up a controversial fish farm proposal for public comment. Just one problem: It directed people to a faulty email.
10.29.2020
by Jessica Fu
After a brief ban, E.P.A. decides to allow controversial weed killer dicamba
10.28.2020
by H. Claire Brown
Most U.S. farmers remain loyal to Trump despite pain from trade wars and Covid-19
10.21.2020
by Wendong Zhang + Minghao Li
What do you call a cow getting a massage? A whole moo’d.
10.20.2020
by Jessica Fu
There are half as many dairy farms as there were in 2003
09.25.2020
by Pramod Acharya
What’s at stake when Cargill says it’ll help farmers adopt regenerative agriculture practices?
09.24.2020
by Lela Nargi
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