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Hurricane Harvey’s Impact on Texan Farmers

Hurricane Harvey’s Impact on Texan Farmers Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit the United States in more than a decade, is expected to have a significant impact on Texan farmers, ranchers, and Texas’s agricultural export industry. With more than 50 inches of total rainfall already recorded, water damage to grain and vegetable crops, […]

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French farmers protest at prices driven down by Russia sanctions

French farmers protest at prices driven down by Russia sanctions   © @RTenfrancais / periscope.tv A protest by French farmers has taken place in Paris. Large crowds gathered to decry the low prices of agricultural produce. Prices are being driven down by the sanctions exchange with Russia, which has caused domestic produce to flood the […]

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If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food?

If There Are No New Farmers, Who Will Grow Our Food? Programs across the country are trying to make it easier for new farmers to get started and put down roots. Here’s why: There’s only one farmer under 35 for ever six over 65. By 2030, one-quarter of America’s current farmers will retire. Against a […]

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California Water Wars Escalate: State Changes Law, Orders Farmers To Stop Pumping

California Water Wars Escalate: State Changes Law, Orders Farmers To Stop Pumping “In the water world, the pre-1914 rights were considered to be gold,” exclaimed one water attorney, but as AP reports, it appears that ‘gold’ is being tested as California water regulators flexed their muscles by ordering a group of farmers to stop pumping from a branch of the […]

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Polish Farmers Blockade Motorways Across Country

Polish Farmers Blockade Motorways Across Country This week thousands of Polish family farmers from the Solidarity trade union turned out to protest in over 50 locations across the country. Over 150 tractors have been blockading the A2 motorway into Warsaw since the 3rd February and hundreds more have closed roads and are picketing governmental offices […]

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from the archives: “they teach people ignorance” | the irresistible fleet of bicycles

from the archives: “they teach people ignorance” | the irresistible fleet of bicycles. Todays post is the text of an opinion piece written by William C Gehrke and published in The Kansas Union Farmer on April 16, 1936! Gehrke does an incredible job of articulating the benefits of organizing farmers, the challenges posed by hegemonic […]

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