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News Articles: Agriculture

A Guatemalan immigrant worker spreads lime while preparing fresh bedding for the cows at Stein Family Farms in Caledonia, N.Y on Mar. 8, 2017.

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  • Politics

The Senate is nearing a deal on immigration that could also lower food prices

Two Senators are closer then ever before on an immigration-related bill that would provide a much-needed workforce for agriculture. But can they get the Farm Bureau on board the final sticking point?

July 18, 2022
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

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  • Business

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Brittany Cronin
Heavy haul trucker Eric Jammer stands in front of his truck.

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  • Business

The astronomical price of diesel is making everything more expensive

America runs on diesel. It keeps freight moving, factories humming and farmers planting. But a surge in diesel prices is making everything more expensive.

May 28, 2022
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By:
  • Brittany Cronin
Clinton Vicks

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  • Business

Airbnb partners with African American-owned farms in southwest Georgia for agritourism

The new collection of bookable stays is meant in part to raise awareness of the history and present-day needs of Black farmers.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Colombian cowboys are known as <em>llaneros</em>, Spanish for plainsmen.

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  • World

South America's traditional cowboys are still at home on the range in Colombia

livestock in Colombia are raised on vast, open ranges. Overseeing the herds requires the special skills of Colombian cowboys who are known as llaneros — Spanish for "plainsmen."

May 15, 2022
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By:
  • John Otis and
  • Carlos Saavedra
Anatolii Kulibaba, 70, discusses challenges getting his farm in Bilka, Ukraine working again after Russians occupied on April 19, 2022.

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  • Europe

Russians wreak havoc on Ukrainian farms, mining fields and stealing equipment

Ukraine is one of the world's biggest producers of wheat, corn and sunflower oil. Officials say 30% of farmland is now occupied or unsafe. "My fields were destroyed by the shelling," one farmer says.

May 06, 2022
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Cynthia Rosenzweig has been named the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate for her work to determine the impact of climate change on worldwide food production.

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  • Climate

World Food Prize goes to former farmer who answers climate change question: 'So what?'

The 2022 honoree is Cynthia Rosenzweig, whose computer modeling shows the impact on global crops. She talks about her "aha" moment, a big surprise in her findings and her plans for the $250,000 prize.

May 05, 2022
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By:
  • Julia Simon
Republican Rep. Robert Dickey of Musella presents the elementary agriculture education bill during the House of Representatives floor session, in this screenshot from March 1, 2022.

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  • Education

New elementary education program will bring agricultural literacy to Georgia classrooms

Starting in the fall of 2022, Georgia elementary students could start taking agriculture education classes and engage with local farms as part of a now-permanent program.

May 04, 2022
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By:
  • Alex Guevara
Two chickens

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  • Animals

Avian flu flare-ups in other states ruffle feathers in broiler heavyweight Georgia

Georgia’s Department of Agriculture has been planning for a bad avian flu season since the last major outbreak in 2015 that saw more than 50 million birds culled.

April 13, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
William Terry, of Terry Farms, looks at strawberries at his farm Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Oxnard, Calif. Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%.

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  • Fitness & Nutrition

Russia-Ukraine war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

The Russia-Ukraine war pushes up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
William Terry, of Terry Farms, looks at strawberries at his farm Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Oxnard, Calif. Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%.

Tagged as: 

  • Fitness & Nutrition

Russia-Ukraine war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

The Russia-Ukraine war pushes up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.

April 12, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A worker harvests vidalia onions

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  • News

Vidalia onions are back. But they'll be pricier this season

Expect to pay more for Georgia’s sweet Vidalia onions this year.

April 11, 2022
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Tractor in field

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  • Politics

Freedom to Farm Act gets hearing in Georgia Senate committee

Legislation aimed at protecting Georgia farmers from nuisance lawsuits drew support Monday from representatives of agribusiness and opposition from environmental advocates.

March 22, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Rep. Dickey

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  • Politics

Farmer nuisance suit protection, or ‘bad neighbor bill’? Ga. House gives OK

A controversial bill that proponents say is meant to keep farmers out of court has again collided with private property concerns and fears the measure will make way for large-scale industrial farms.  

March 04, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
A farmer harvests a wheat field about 130 miles north of Kyiv in 2009.

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  • World

Russia's invasion of Ukraine may cause havoc for wheat-importing Mideast nations

Last year, the region imported more than 36 million metric tons of wheat, mostly from Russia and Ukraine. The concern is that Russia's war in Ukraine could disrupt supplies and drive up prices.

February 25, 2022
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
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