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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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As investors pay top-dollar for land, farmers are often priced out
July 24, 2024
America is losing farmers. This is the role land values play.
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Rodeo riders of all ages and skill buck, bash and bust in Fallon
July 23, 2024
A look inside the 10th annual De Golyer Bucking Horse and Bull Bash Rodeo.
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The people who feed America are going hungry
July 22, 2024
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
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Is Growing Your Own Food Considered Agriculture? Hawaii County Says No
July 21, 2024
Subsistence farmers on the Big Island say recent changes to county agricultural laws threaten their ability to keep farming.
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Michigan’s thousands of farmworkers are unprotected, poorly paid, uncounted and often exploited
July 15, 2024
Beneath its picturesque facade of crop fields and fruit trees, lies a harsh reality of precarious work and exploitative labor practices for Michigan’s farmworkers, who are often invisible to people who enjoy the fruits of their labors, according to the Michigan Farmworker Project’s ongoing research.
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As private interests turn profits on public lands, wildlife and taxpayers pay the price
July 11, 2024
Why does the public put up with corporate welfare, wildlife slaughter and other government policies it so clearly opposes?
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GRAPHIC: Top commodity crop and CAFO states are responsible for the most nutrient pollution, USGS model shows
July 09, 2024
An estimated quarter of all phosphorus runoff in the Midwest and 40% of all nitrogen runoff from farming practices comes from just three states — Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
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Honolulu Bill To Rein In Fake Farms Threatens Real Ag Enterprises
July 05, 2024
Beekeepers, kennels and livestock owners say a proposed change to Honolulu’s land use ordinance would drive them out of business.
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Yellowstone National Park shooting leaves one dead, ranger injured
July 04, 2024
Rangers and an unidentified person exchanged gunfire during a ‘significant’ incident at Canyon Village. The ranger was in stable condition late Thursday morning.
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Heat, lack of rain hit county hard
July 04, 2024
The Oglethorpe County extension coordinator says there are few farming operations in the area with large-scale irrigation systems. Most row crops, hayfields and pastures rely on rain as their water source.
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In search of answers
June 24, 2024
Agricultural workers say pesticide abuses are not reaching government officials.
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In South Texas, one woman is leading an agricultural renaissance
June 20, 2024
Texas is losing an estimated 1,000 acres of farm land a day, mostly to other industries. The Rio Grande Valley is losing land at a faster clip.
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After Vermont bear video goes viral, officials warn that such encounters aren’t harmless
June 13, 2024
The video is an example of increasingly common human-bear encounters in the state, which can turn dangerous for both bears and people, an official with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department said.
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Yellowstone Visitor Gets Jail Time for Trespassing on Park Thermal Feature
June 13, 2024
Washington man sentenced to week in jail and fined after walking off boardwalk toward world’s tallest active geyser.
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As sprawl threatens farmland, proposed Maine rules single out just one competing land use: solar
June 05, 2024
Some advocates say the rules unfairly single out clean energy based on limited data, but they hope the fees could help funnel development toward brownfields and less productive farmland.
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