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The town of Brookfield, Missouri, in the north-central part of the state is a close-knit community. Population: about 4,500. Becky Cleveland, who grew up…
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The nights were often worse for Gabriel, even after long days working on the production line at a pork slaughterhouse in Nebraska. He had nightmares that…
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The country’s top agriculture official, Tom Vilsack, is declining to comment on some of the largest mergers the farm economy has ever seen.Possible deals…
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Turn on the TV and you can barely escape it: presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle deriding free trade agreements, like the pending…
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Every year Americans spend billions of dollars to grow, process and transport food that’s never eaten.ReFED, a group of nonprofits and foundations, say…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reversed course on its organic certification of industrial hemp operations throughout the country.A handful of hemp…
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The number of farms and ranches in the U.S. is on the decline and the farms that remain are getting bigger, according to new data from the U.S. Department…
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Update 2.16.2016: The USDA has reversed its decision on certifying organic hemp, our original story continues below.Colorado is now home to some of the…
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A highly contagious strain of avian flu, a huge trade pact opening export markets and a few “restless” agribusinesses top Harvest Public Media's list of…
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It's the time of the year when Katie Abrams sees her Fort Collins neighbors pulling up with real trees tied to car roofs. She feels small pangs of…