Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Linwood Scott III climbs two-story tobacco cropping machines with real agility and apparently no thought to falling. The sixth-generation tobacco farmer is proud of his machinery…

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: AgriBusiness,

An article we should all take the time to read.

Back Forty: Barons behaving badly | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Back Forty will bring you periodic reviews, interviews, and reporter insights about the stories they wrote. We hope you enjoy it as a companion to our content on TheFERN.org and our Ag Insider policy…

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Corn/Maize, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Weather,

Drought in Plains a concern for U.S. corn and soy crops | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Drought in the northern Plains, increasingly important in corn and soybean production despite the region's prominence as a wheat-growing region, may foil expectations of near-record U.S.

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Randy Krotz
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Topics: Climate Change, Commodity/Trade Groups,

Agriculture must be part of climate change negotiations, says Farm Bureau | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Although blamed for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture has a "great track record" through land stewardship and biofuels in mitigating climate change, says Zippy Duvall…

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Nancy Kavazanjian
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Topics: Environment, Coronavirus/COVID,

Mapping Covid-19 outbreaks in the food system | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Since April, FERN has been closely tracking the spread of Covid-19 at meatpacking plants, food processing facilities, and farms. This dashboard is home to our latest reporting on Covid-19 cases and…

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John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global,

Today's quick hits, March 30, 2020 | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Fewer in-person interviews for H-2 visas (State Department): In a step to assure U.S. food...

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA,

03/23/2020 SOURCE: thefern.org

Farm groups' goal: Fill 'USDA's bank' with cash for coronavirus aid | Food and Environment Reporting Network

The two largest U.S. farm groups want lawmakers to nearly double the funding for “USDA�...

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Growing tobacco in the United States no longer makes sense | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Back Forty: Barons behaving badly | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Drought in Plains a concern for U.S. corn and soy crops | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Agriculture must be part of climate change negotiations, says Farm Bureau | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Mapping Covid-19 outbreaks in the food system | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Today's quick hits, March 30, 2020 | Food and Environment Reporting Network

Farm groups' goal: Fill 'USDA's bank' with cash for coronavirus aid | Food and Environment Reporting Network

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